moving PSE6 to new computer

[davidwright2000]

I bought PSE6 via download about 2 years ago. Saved the msi file. Now that I have a new computer, I can run the msi file on it, and it installs what looks like PSE, but it won't run, says "file(s) missing".

What to do?

[Wendy]

Hi David ...

... and welcome to the Village :)

Did you buy Elements directly from Adobe ... or register it with them.

If you did either then you should be able to get a new download from them.

Wendy

[johnrellis]

I bought PSE6 via download about 2 years ago. Saved the msi file. Now that I have a new computer, I can run the msi file on it, and it installs what looks like PSE, but it won't run, says "file(s) missing".

What to do?
As Wendy indicated, if you bought from the Adobe store, you can log onto your account there and re-download it. Also, moving forward, you want to save the .exe that you downloaded, not the .msi that gets unpacked after running the .exe.