Erratic Curser Movements...

Hi,
I have Elements 11. I recently attempted to update to Camera Raw 7.4. After the update all of the camera profiles were missing leaving onlr ACR 4.3 and ACR 4.4. In order to restore the camera profiles I had to reinstall the programme. Since then the curser has been very erratic; freezing and jumping whenever I move it. I have reinstalled several times but the problem persists.
Is there anything I can do to rectify this issue?

If you don't have a second mouse, uninstall it from the Windows Device Manager then restart the machine to have the driver freshly installed.
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