'Could not complete your request because of a program error' when trying to use an effect

Hi all,
I have looked around and cant seem to find the ansewer to my very annoying problem. When I am trying to use the effect options with in the layers pallete I get the annoying message:
' Could not complete your request because of a program error. '
Has anyone come across it using these tools and has anyone found a fix for it. It was working fine then it went funny. I have restarted photoshop, my machine and re-installed the software but stiill not fix. ITs is very annoying as I use these options everyday in the job I do.
Cheers.
Jon

You might try restting the photoshop preferences:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/375776?tstart=0

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