CS5 loss of eyedropper option in Color selection menu?

Running CS5 on a MacPro 10.6.8
A few days ago, I suddenly cannot find the eyedropper to select color, either in type or color functions. When I click the color boxes, it now opens up the color menu with the usual sliders, crayons, specturms, etc, but no eyedropper.
I know I'm old and set in my ways, but is there any explanation for this sudden change?
Thanks for any help.
DMV

You probably changed the color picker in Photoshop's Preferences and are getting the limited OS picker instead of the Photoshop color picker.

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