PSE8 - LOST TOOL SYMBOLS

I need help, in that, in my Photoshop Elements 8, I have lost my tools symbols when working on a picture.  I have the tools on the left side of the screen, they work when I used them, BUT I have lost the on screen symbols - All get is a cross hair.  To explain it further, when I click on the paint can for example, the function works on the screen (with a cross hair), but the paint can doesn't show up.  When I use the magnetic lasso tool, it works on screen (with a cross hair), but I don't see the lasso symbol. When I use a brush, it works on screen (with a cross hair), but the brush size doesn't show up on screen.
I hope that I just clicked on something I shouldn't have and can restore it simply.  I have tried to reset all of the tools back to default, but that hasn't helped.
So I need help..

The ruler shouldn't have any effect. You might want to reset your preferences:
Quit the editor (quit PSE on a mac) then restart it while holding down ctrl+alt+shift (command+option+shift on a mac). Keep holding the keys till you see  a window asking if you want to delete the settings file. You do.
EDIT the other thing that can cause this is if you are zoomed  so much that PSE must display the precise cursor (the cross hairs) to show the cursor at all.

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