Photos are all out of focus

[John621]

I have had Photoshop Elements 9 ("PE9") for many years and it worked very well. It was originally downloaded to Windows 7 which was upgraded to Windows 10 with no change to its quality. My computer was reently hacked and I needed to get a new hardrive.  windows 10 was downloaded and PE9 was downloaded and the phots were imported.  Where the photos used to come up out of focus for a second or two and then focus, the now stay unfocused.  Hopefully someone can help.

[hatstead · Accepted solution]

Perhaps there is more damage to your machine. 

As an experiment, why don't you download the most recent free 30-day trial of PSEv.2020 and give it a spin. Each version of the software is independent. You will be able to check on the focus.

https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-elements/download-trial/try.html

[Greg_S.]

If you refresh the thumbnails, are they still out of focus?  Select an image and press Shift+Ctrl+U.