With Windows 10 being End of Lifed in November 2025 and my current Windows 10 PC from 2017 not being supported on win11, I bought a new PC and had a hell of a time migrating Elements to it. After attempting to restore and then Update ACR correctly and at the correct time during the process, I created a fairly clean step by step procedure. I did not find this documented anywhere. BTW, I'm not a tech writer, just an end user. Table of Contents My PC Attributes If Cleanup is need on the Destination PC Install PSE Install ACR (Adobe Camera Raw) Manually copy the updated Camera Raw.8bi to the Elements folder < --- VERY IMPORTANT Start the Restore =================================================== My PC Attributes The example below has these attributes: Photoshop Elements 2023, also known as Elements 21. This same version will be installed on the Destination PC Old or Source PC: Dell XPS 8900 with Windows 10 New or Destination PC: Dell XPS 8960 with Windows 11 All photo files(Pictures) reside on HHD (D:) which is an internal SATA disk My Pictures folder is 3.4 TB, Has 294,328 Files, and 2,364 Folders My Raw Files are from a Nikon Z8 (NEFs) I set the Volume Letters to be the same on the Destination as the Source to avoid any conflicts during the restore My volume label is ' 8 TB APP-Data' (D:) Correct any Missing Files On the source PC , from Organizer run Find > All Missing Files Then backup the catalog 'File > Back up Catalog...' If Cleanup is need on the Destination PC If you want to do a full restore to an existing PC and want to remove or clean up before the restore. I did this because I had a couple of installation problems due to ACR (Adobe Camera Raw) Remove all PSE Uninstall PSE via Apps Uninstall Delete \Pictures from 8 TB APP-Data (D:) Delete \ProgramData\Adobe from 8 TB APP-Data (D:) 8 TB APP-Data (D:) Music Users <--- Only Content Delete OS(C:) \ProgramData\Adobe Delete (C:) \Users\paul\AppData\Roaming\Adobe Note: I'm leaving this here because I didn't previously delete it: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-Ins\Elements 21\File Formats And this doesn't exist and will get recreated: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-Ins\CC Install PSE Note: I previously received PSE Install Error MSVCR120.dll And needed to Install the MS Visual C++ 2013 Redistributables to resolve the install problem   Execute the installer: PhotoshopElements_2023_LS30_win64.exe Select Default Location Note: The Adobe Photoshop Elements 2023 window opens Optional: Note: I open the Editor and check for a ACR version Help > About Plug-in > No 'Camera Raw' listed   Note: From the Adobe Photoshop Elements 2023 window I select Organizer The Welcome to Elements Organizer window open, I select OK Message appears: The 'PSE12 Catalog 1 2' catalog could not be found. Please open or create a different catalog. OK   Note: Catalog Manager opens and I'm not sure what to do here. As there should be no known catalogs to PSE at this point I'll create a new one Select New Enter a name for the new catalog: XPS 8960 catalog Note: any name will do OK Install ACR (Adobe Camera Raw) Note: If you do not do this correctly and at this time of the procedure you will encounter many problems with New Camera's RAW files. They may not even copy from the backup. Install ACR from the Organizer Organizer > Help > Install Camera RAW Note: This opens the 'Adobe Photoshop Elements Add-on Utilities 2023 ...' app launcher Default Location Continue Note: You will need to close the Organizer and Editor if open, otherwise you will get a message like this: Installation Conflict Please save your work and close the following programs for all logged in users, then click "Continue": -Elements 2023 Organizer (Error Code: 131) Note: I exit the Organizer and Select Continue and the ACR install completes Note: This installed the latest ACR from Adobe. Version 17.0 in my case Manually copy the updated Camera Raw.8bi to the Elements folder First Rename the Camera Raw.8bi file at C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-Ins\Elements 21\File Formats Camera Raw.8bi to ~Camera Raw.8bi Note: Elements 21 is the version I have, yours may differ Then copy the updated Camera Raw.8bi from C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-Ins\CC\File Formats to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-Ins\Elements 21\File Formats Note: Version 17 size = 210,661 KB>   Open the Editor to verify the ACR version Help > About Plug-in > Version 17.0.1.2048 Start the Restore Note: Close the editor and open the Organizer to start the restore File > Restore Catalog... Restore Catalog from CD, DVD, or Hard Drive Hard Drive and Browse Select 16 TB Backup Note: My backup named PSE-Full-1 is on volume '16 TB Backup, yours will differ Note: Wait for the Backup.tly to present itself Select the file then 'Open' Note: My Backup  file is 147,076 KB Then this will be presented Locate the Backup File: E:\PSE-Full-1\Backup.tly Note: Select the file then 'Open' Restore to Specify Destination: <NONE> {Browse} Note: Restore is Grayed out Select 'Restore Original File Structure' Browse and select D:\ Note: Select your Destination Folder, mine is (D\:) Restore Original File Structure Select Restore Please wait... Folder Already Exists One or more folders already exist with the same name at the folders being restored. To combine the contents with the existing folders click OK. To specify a different location, click Cancel. Selected OK Note: I was prompted with the above 'Folder Already Exists', then selected OK File Already Exists Would you like to overwrite 'D: \Users\paul\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Network Shortcuts\PMB_8369_edited-1.jpg Selected Yes to All Note: I was prompted with the above 'File Already Exists', then selected 'Yes to All' Please wait... Copying files... Restoring Files... The restore completed successfully Note: This completed in about 7 hours           My Pictures folder is 3.4 TB, Has 294,328 Files, and 2,364 Folders Preparing the Catalog... Note: This completed in about 2-3 hours All photos are refreshing to the display This could take some time, maybe hours to refresh all the thumbnails Everything now appears to be as it was on my Source PC, including all Tags, Keywords etc   ... View more

I'm migrating Photoshop Elements 2023 from Windows 10 to a new windows 11 PC. Windows 10 is a Dell XPS 8900 Windows 11 is a Dell XPS 8960   On the new win11 the Organizer does not recognize the NEF files. This appears to be a ACR(Adobe Camera Raw) problem, However after I installed PSE on Win11 and prior to the restore I updated ACR from the Organizer ; > Help > Install Camera RAW. If I don't do this the restore fails to copy any NEF files. The restore completes successfully. Organizer opens , jpegs are presented (with all tags and keywords), but the NEFs are grayed out with the small broken letter icon in the middle.   Here is my initial ACR update: Elements > Help > Install Camera Raw... Adobe Photoshop Elements Add-on Utilities 2023 Default location Continue Succeeded C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-Ins\CC\\File Formats\Camera Raw.8bi 210,651 Kbytes C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-Ins\Elements 21\File Formats\Camera Raw.8bi 162,877 Kbytes   I Successfully checked for the Nikon Z8 at: \Adobe\CameraRaw\CameraProfiles\Camera I have individually downloaded ACR versions 16 and 17 and manually install them. The install appears to be successful but the problem does not resolve. The manual installs are from : AdobeCameraRaw_x64_17_0.exe AdobeCameraRaw_x64_16_0.exe   ACR 16.1 is the current version on the Win10 PC   In the past I had to copy Camera Raw.8bi from ...\CC\File Formats to ...\Elements 21\File Formats\ Now I try to copy the file and get this error: You need permission to perform this action   In a google search I find this: How to take ownership of files and folders Open File Explorer. Browse and find the file or folder you want to have full access. Right-click it, and select Properties. Click the Security tab to access the NTFS permissions. Click the Advanced button. But this results in this error: The permissions on File Formats are incorrectly ordered, which may cause some entries to be ineffective. OK   I don't want to further pursue this without being provide a solution from someone more skilled than myself at this. Thank you!   P.S. I emailed the customercare-support@adobe.com on the as well I have a 3 day photoshoot this week and would like this resolved asap TA ... View more

In Photoshop Elements 2023 the download shows the file as an unrecognizable file with its date. The photo thumnail is not present. Once downloaded and imported into the Organizer the RAW image is displayed. This occurs with RAW image from a D750 and a D500. This worked as expected for several years with PSE17 This was previously reported in the forum on PSE 2022 What is the solution? ... View more