Healing brush kicks me out of Elements 9

I get kicked out of Elements 9 every time I try to use the HEALING BRUSH. Does anyone know a quick fix? I’ve used Elements since its first release and never had this problem before. Thanks for any suggestions.

Are you using a single processor PC in Windows? If so, in the Editor go to Help>Updates and download the update that should fix it.

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