Can't de-select without switching tools, can't re-select after

I have been using elements 11 for months with no problems.  Yesterday, out of the blue, I started to be unable to go back and edit anything I did when working in the program.  I cannot deselect an image or text unless I change the tool I am using.  I cannot then reselect something I have moved on from to edit it. I am very, very confused as to why I cannot use basic functions anymore in this program and it is making it impossible to use.  Does anyone know what might have happened to cause it to act like this?

Go to the editor preferences>general, click this button and restart the editor:

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