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I have the PSE7 (using in Windows Vista) and have been using it for scrapbooking since early May09.  I've had no real problems with it up until yesterday when my eraser tool stopped working.  The magic eraser will still work, but the regular eraser will no longer erase.   I've tried going out of the program and coming back in with no difference.  I've tried rebooting the computer hoping it would reset but no difference.  Has anyone else had this problem or does anyone have any ideas on how to fix it?  I would greatly appreciate any help as I "can't live without my eraser tool"!  ;0)
teri

If you have a tablet, the mouse and pen can not both be on (or touching) the tablet at the same time.
If you don't have a tablet or the above isn't causing the issue, the next thing to do is reset the eraser tool. With the eraser selected, click the eraser icon in the options bar...not the tool box...and select "reset tool" from the context menu.
Item "A" in the diagram of the options bar in this help index page is the tool icon which houses the reset tool(s) context menu.
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/PhotoshopElements/7.0_Win/WSae2ea3b149d0c3591ae939f103860b3d59 -7e27.html
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To reset all of your Photoshop preferences, hold down the
Control+Alt+Shift (Windows), Command+Option+Shift (Mac) keys as you launch the application.
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