Photoshop Elements :: Replace Catalog Using Win7 - 9

I have been haveing severe catalog issues for the last week after installing Windows 7. 
 
I decided to insert my original HDD in my laptop, along with the new HDD and Windows 7.  I then deleted the MY Pictures folder from the new HDD and copied the My Pictures folder from my old HDD to the new.
 
Since I felt my newly restored catalog file was corrupted, I wanted to copy the catalog file from my old HDD to the new one.  I renamed the folder on my old drive by appending 'old' to the end of it, doing the same to the catalog .db file within the folder, then dragged the folder to the Program Data/Adobe/Elements Data/Catalogs folder.
 
I fired up PSE9 holding the Shift key to select the catalog that I was using on my old drive.  It would not let me select the folder or find the catalog file in the folder.  I tried creating a new catalog file, but the message "Catalog file with same name already exists in that folder".
 
I then just tried to point to the catalog file on my old drive, (btw, using 'custom' option in the catalog management window), and it still would not let me open the file.  I say it won't let me open the catalog because, when I navigate to the folder with the catalog name, even single and double clicking on it, I don't get the 'Open' button on the Catalog Management window highlighted.
 
Is there something I am missing about catalog files?  Do the have to be registered somehow within Elements before I can use them.