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Photoshop Elements 18 will not load on Windows

Cheadle8
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Feb 19, 2021 Feb 19, 2021

When I try to load Elements, it completes the initialisation but then when the message 'Please wait while the catalogue is loading, is displayed, it just crashes.

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c.pfaffenbichler Community Expert
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Feb 19, 2021 Feb 19, 2021

Please post Photoshop Elements related queries over at

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-elements/bd-p/photoshop-elements?page=1&sort=latest_replies...

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Feb 19, 2021 Feb 19, 2021
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Moved to the Photoshop Elements forum, from the Photoshop forum.

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