Locked layer pasting glitch - HELP PLEASE!!

Hello,
My Adobe Illustrator CS3 appears to have picked up a glitch and I was looking for advice on how to remedy the situation:
When I try to paste on any layer, I get the:
You are attempting to paste or drag into one or more layers that are locked or hidden. Do you want to unlock and show all appropriate layers?
Thing is the layer I am on is not locked.
If I click okay it either opens a locked layer if there is one and pastes there, or creates a new layer - it varies.
I have restarted etc. and tried other documents but it always happens now. Even if I make a new blank document and start a fresh pasting elements.
Do I need to reinstall or is their simpler alternative?
Many thanks in advance
Anthony

Thank you, thanks you, thank you! So simple when you know how. This had me pulling my hair out - You have really helped me out.
Anthony

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