My Photoshop Elements 2022 launches, but not my Premiere Elements 2022

[geminiguy90028]

I was working on my Premiere Elements 2022 on 6-2-2023, that's today. It was working fine, until tonight. First I noticed that for some reason, when I tried to put text in the video, the palette where the text goes came up horizontal, as it should, but once I put the text on, it turned vertical. I tested my Premiere Elements 2023 (trial version), to see if the same thing happened, but it came up horizontal as it should. Then, I finished my editing, saved it, and tried opening Premiere Elements 2022 again, but it won't launch anymore. I tried restarting the computer, TWICE, but it didn't work. Can anybody tell me why this is happening and how I can fix it? I'm wondering if I inadverdently somehow changed a setting without realizing it. I don't think so, but I don't know.

I am using Windows 10.

[Peru Bob]

Can you open it directly from the exe file in Program Files?

[Bill Sprague]

Try holding down the ALT key while starting Premiere Elements.  That will reset any conflicting 'preferences' to factory defaults.

[geminiguy90028]

Bill Sprague,

I tried what you suggested. I kept the ALT key pressed while Premiere Elements 2022 loaded, and again it kept processing and then it didn't do anything.

[Bill Sprague]

Bill Sprague,

I tried what you suggested. I kept the ALT key pressed while Premiere Elements 2022 loaded, and again it kept processing and then it didn't do anything.

By @geminiguy90028

Here is a more complete explaination:  https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-elements/using/preferences.html#:~:text=To%20open%20the%20Preferenc....

[geminiguy90028]

I don't understand. Are you suggesting I go to the Windows Explorer  and open the EXE file from there? I don't want to install the program, and that is what it will do if I click on it.

[geminiguy90028]

Sorry, the message above was for Peru Bob. For some reason it posted under Bill Sprague. I tried to delete it but can't figure out how.

[Peru Bob]

I don't understand. Are you suggesting I go to the Windows Explorer  and open the EXE file from there? I don't want to install the program, and that is what it will do if I click on it.

By @geminiguy90028

The exe file is not the installer.  It is the PSE Editor program.

I'm not at my computer with 2022 on it now, but this is where it is for PSE 2018: