Elements 10 project recovery

Something is corrupted then. If your backed up files are now on your computer's hard drive and the project files are not opening to either your work in progress or an indication that your project's links need to be updated, something is wrong with your files unrelated to the program. I don't know what to recommend to resolve this issue other than restarting your projects.

Normally, when you open a project file and the links to your media have been lost, the program will give you an indicator -- asking Where is ... file? When you browse and locate it, the program will reconnect it to your project.

If you fail to do so, your media clips will be replaced in the object with red "Media Missing" clips.

However, you've told us you're not seeing either of those things -- which is why your situation might have some unique corruption issues unrelated to the program.

Based on what you're telling me, I'm not sure what to recommend. You're saying that you can't even log in to the program?

That said, you say that you successfully open a project but that nothing loads? You don't see any messages indicating that your media files have either loaded or have lost their links? There is nothing in your Project Media panel?

Have you tried starting a new project and adding media to it?

Nothing appears at all? And you get no message of any kind?

I've never heard of that and Iv'e no idea what would cause that.

You say everything was backed up. And now all of your project and media files are back on your computer, right?

And you've reinstalled Premiere Elements on the new installation of your operating system. You didn't just use a clone of your old hard drive, right?

Assuming you used File/Open to open the .prel file (and not Add Media), what do you mean that nothing loads. What specifically does and does not happen?