Elements 15 doesn't load

When updating an OS (Mac or MS), you may find a lot of programs don't work quite the same.  At the same time, any number of files may be corrupted because of any combination of interactions with your computer, other programs on your computer or your computer's OS update. By uninstalling and re-installing a program, you throw out all of the corrupted files and replace them with brand new ones. It's still Spring; so you may want to do a 'spring cleaning' of your most frequently used applications. In my case, it's a corrupted music file--just a single tune in the Adobe Premier Elements Library. I have no idea exactly how or when it happened, but it did. Uninstall and Re-install, and "Presto Chango" got my tune back.

Thank you! I finally had time to do it, and it worked.

You are right, it seems extreme, like throwing the old one away, and getting a new one, but it worked, and my old .prel's are working fine.

It's weird how it opens one day, and not the next. I wonder if ADOBE knows of this instability?

I appreciate all of your responses, and thanks again for your time and help.

JG

Thanks, all!

I will try the above mentioned solutions. It will probably be this weekend until I get the chance to do this, with the schedule this week.

Yes, it seems the photo editor and the organizer seem to work fine. It is just the video editor that doesn't open.

The program doesn't lock. The blue "Cylon eye" goes back and forth, and if I then try to close, it will close without any error, or if I click the Photo editor tab from the original screen, it immediately opens switches and starts.

I tried tried the alt+contro+shift method, and nothing happened. I don't think it is even trying to load, or maybe it doesn't work the same with Premier.

I will update when I have tried the re-install.