I recommend downloading all three drivers at this link because sometimes the Element will prefer one to another:
You also need to download the driver for the Element. I can help you with any questions you have.
You need both the program and then, scroll down, and get the Klic-N-Kut download, too. You can download the trial from this link: The other, although I tend not to recommend it because there have been no updates in 4 years is Make The Cut. You can download the trial from the following link. One of them is Sure Cuts A Lot, version 4. You can test both programs in trial mode first.
But I recommend you test them first to make sure they work because some of the early Elements require a serial cable plus a serial-usb converter cable in order to work from these other two programs. There are two other software programs that will work with the Element. I assume you did not receive the dongle and the license files CD.
It came with a dongle (looks like a small flash drive) and you needed two license files inside the software to work with that software dongle. Originally, the KNK Element only cut from KNK Studio, a software program that has mostly been discontinued.