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ray_den
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May 8, 2023
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Photoshop Elements 2022: Error Opening Catalog

  • May 8, 2023
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While there is a response to a similar issue on the forum, it did not help my issue.

I have a large collection of photos (50k) in PSE2022 that I have been using for over a year on my Windows10 desktop computer, with multiple disks.  Recently I added some photos to the collection and did some reorganising of the photos using PSE, then did a full backup.  When I next started Organizer I received the message that there was an error opening Catalog (see screenshot PSE Error 1).  I have three full backups on another disk.  The recovery did not work either (see screenshots PSE Error 2 and 3).  When I open Organizer now I get screenshot 4.

I can find catalog.pse20db, but when I click on that I get screenshot PSE Error 5

If I try to run Backup.tfy from my latest backup, I get PSE Error 5. If I try to run the earlier backups nothing happens.

I really do not want to have to start again, so I'm desparate to find a solution to this problem.  I have no idea why it happened, and I'm a bit disturbed that despite three full backups I can't get Photoshop to work! 

 

 

I still have all the photos in 

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Greg_S.
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Greg_S.Community Expert
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May 9, 2023

@ray_den said:  Recently I added some photos to the collection and did some reorganising of the photos using PSE, then did a full backup.

Can you be more specific as to what reorganization you performed?  (And did you perform the backup during the same session as the reorganization?)

 

When you received error 1, did you try the Restore?  And, if so, what happened?

 

At this point, I see that your Catalog 2 folder has the following files:

 

One is the catalog file and the other seems to be a temporary copy of the catalog file, which is older(?) but larger.  I don't know if this will work, but try renaming the catalog.pse20db file.  Then remove the .tmp characters from the temporary file name.  The older file should now become the active catalog file.  After you have renamed the temp file, double click on it and see if the catalog opens.

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