Foreground/background colors back to front

I am running CS4 64 bit and since installing it, when you select a color either from an image or the swatches pallet using the eyedropper the selected colour automatically defaults to the background. It does the same when you are using the brush tool and alt click to select a new color when painting. I have checked Adobe help and it says you should alt/click to put the colour in the background, if I alt click with the eyedropper it places the new colour in the foreground, which is the opposite of what it is meant to be. This is very annoying, can anyone help me with this?
Chris

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Please read the Help files. Start with "Creating, Opening and Importing images".
• Select a canvas color option.
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Take a class at a community college. Teaching you Photoshop from the ground up far exceeds the scope of the forum.

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I want to get the foreground or background color at runtime ( by any action ) in photoshop.
What steps should I follow.

For example here is a script I use within Photoshop Actions to save and restore the users foreground and background colors so the action can mess with Photoshops foreground and background colors during its processing.
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/* ======================================================================================
// 2009 John J. McAssey (JJMack) http://www.mouseprints.net/
// This script is supplied as is. It is provided as freeware.
// The author accepts no liability for any problems arising from its use.
// This script is designed to be used by a Photoshop Action twice
// A good pratice to use when creating an actions that use this scipt is for the action
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<about>$$$/JavaScripts/SaveAndRestoreColors/About=JJMack's SaveAndRestoreColors.^r^rCopyright 2009 Mouseprints.^r^rRun twice script utility for action.^rNOTE:Don't play other actions between runs!^r^rFirst Run records Photoshops foreground and background swatch colors.^rSecond Run restores the recorded colors and removes the recording.</about>
<category>JJMack's Action Run Twice Utility</category>
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if (app.activeDocument.info.instructions.indexOf("<Colorf>") == -1 ){ // no footprint fisrt useage
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savebackColor.rgb.blue = app.backgroundColor.rgb.blue;
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