

The 'Bulk' import feature is meant to import supported media files from everywhere on your computer. If you miss that opportunity or if you decide to create a new catalog, you can get to the 'bulk' import option. When you upgrade from PSE14 to PSE2018 on the same computer, you are necessarily prompted to 'convert' the last current PSE14 catalog. You would have a better idea if you set the folders panel to 'Tree' view.) What you are seeing is very unusual and the fact that the Organizer crashes is puzzling as well. To get an idea of what has happened, we need more info.

Is there any way to fix this terrible mess? I would appreciate any input. I don't even know what to do to try to begin fix this. I am very sorry I tried to update my catalog by importing in bulk (as the directions on the Adobe website say to do). As far as I can tell, it may have split photos into pieces-for example, there is a photo of a kindergarten classroom, and now I seem to have separate photos of each child who is in the group photo.Īlso, I now have innumerable folders, each with maybe one or perhaps two (usually duplicates) photos inside, and each with a "strange" name->I am attaching a screenshot of a very tiny partial list of these "folders." The list goes on and on and on! (Please see screenshot) Something went very wrong.įirst of all, it said it imported 28,000 photos. I followed the directions to import photos "in bulk" into the Organizer. I bought Elements 2018 (previously had Version 14).
