Elements 13 - top menu causes mouse to become erratic

when clicking on a top menu item (ie file or edit or image, etc.) the mouse pointer becomes erratic until the menu is closed. It is so bad as to be unusable. This only happens with Elements 13. Any suggestions?

HI,
It would be helpful if you could provide us with the following information:
1. Which OS are you working on?
2. Are you using wireless of wired mouse?
3. Please try clearing preferences of PSE13 editor (keep pressing Ctrl + Alt + Shift while launching editor) and see if the issue still exists.
Thanks,
Anwesha

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