Moving the Elliptical Marquee Tool

Hi.  Really hoping someone can help me with a problem I'm having with the elliptical marquee tool. Having selected this tool and drawn an oval shape on my image, I know I should be able to move the oval image around the screen, using the keyboard arrows (I think), until it frames the part of the image I want framed.  However, the keyboard arrows are not working for me in order to shift the oval around. When I press the keyboard arrows, I can see my cursor moving through the Photo Effects icons on the right of the Editor window (Elements 6 version). Does anyone know how I can make sure that the keyboard arrows move the oval around or does anyone know any other way of making the oval move around the image?
Thanks very much

Thanks so much Terri for all your help.  IT NOW WORKS!! HURRAH!!
All I did was re-create the preferences file manually then went back in and tried moving the elliptical marquee tool around using the keyboard arrows and it worked fine.  Unfortunately, the Ctrl+Alt+Shift still does not work but at least I now know the manual way of re-creating the preference file.
In terms of the other questions you asked:
1.  My shortcut key was already set to none.
2.  No other keys have been acting up but bear in mind that I have only been using PSE6 for the last 7 weeks as part of my Open University course in the UK so not likely to have encountered much yet.
3. No other programs are causing any problems that I am aware of although I don't use shortcut keys that often apart from ctrl+V and ctrl+C and a few others.
4. I don't have a Logitech mouse so this wouldn't be causing any issues.
Thanks again for all your help.
Sue

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