First up was when trying to create a new project the program would hang. The project files would get created and but it was a case of putting up the Ctrl-Alt-Del Task Manager and stopping the process. Most intriguing of all was a message saying that ‘Can not open Adobe Premiere Pro projects in Adobe Premiere Elements’.

The Fix: Reinstall the software, but get the download from the online Adobe store. Before uninstalling the software choose ‘Deactivate’ from the program menu if you have already activated the software. This will save you licencing issues in the long run. You can download the trial version from the Adobe website but then at install time when prompted for a Serial Number enter the one on the back of the box.

Downloading the trial version had its own issue – the link to the trial gave me a Error 302 Resource Moved error. Luckily the URL had embedded the URLs for the two files needed – the .7z file and the .exe installer, so grabbing them individually became no issue.

A second fix for me was to make sure I had the latest graphics drivers for my card, particularly NVIDIA systems. At time of writing I had to go to a beta driver rather than an official one to get something that worked, so this may be worth considering.