No Repair Option on Manage Catalog PSE2020

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June 15, 2020
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I have a corrupt catalog and both backups do not fix the problem. I do not have the REPAIR option when I open Manage Catalog. This is on two systems with different catalogs.

Elements Organizer 18.0.0.0
Core Version: 18.0 (20191114.was.138163)
Language Version: 18.0 (20191114.was.138163)

Current Catalog:
Catalog Name: My Catalog
Catalog Location: C:\Users\OWNER\Pictures\Adobe\Elements Organizer\Catalogs\My Catalog\
Catalog Size: 552KB
Catalog Cache Size: 3.1MB

System:
Operating System Name: Windows 10
Operating System Version: 10.0
System Architecture: AMD CPU Family:15 Model:0 Stepping:1 with MMX, SSE Integer, SSE FP, SSE2
Built-in Memory: 7.5GB
Free Memory: 2.9GB

Organizer

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Greg_S.

Community Expert

That is odd. Your screenshot does not show a standard Manage Catalogs dialog. All I can suggest is that you try resetting the preferences file. Immediately after launching the program, press Alt+Shift+Ctrl. A message should pop up asking if you want to delete the Settings file. Answer OK.

However, before getting to that, what makes you say that the catalog is corrupt? And what is the problem that you are trying to fix?

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BrianSheenAuthor

Participant

I was trying to rate several photos and I got an error message stating the catalog was corrupt. I tried to optmize the catalog but it failed because the catalog was corrupted. I then tried it again after rebooting the system to clear any memory problems, same result. I then cleared cache, sorry I don't remember which cache, and that resulted in no change. I then tried to restore 2 backups but they were copies of the corrupted catalog. Finally this afternoon, I retrieved an off site backup, and the restore put a functional catalog in place.