Two annoying bugs... clone layer and background colour

is it just my machine or is there a fix for-
-when i clone a layer the new group jumps position 20, -20. i can reset it to zero, but i am not sure why it moves it.
- whatever colour i change the background to in the preferences has no effect. it remains black. Again, this is not the end of the world, but i just wanted to see if there is anything i could do about it.
cheers!

Clone layers are always offset. Not sure about the background color issue, might try trashing your prefs:
1) Quit Motion.
2) Navigate to User/Library/Preferences.
3) Locate com.apple.motion.plist and delete it.

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I'm using Photoshop Elements 12 on Windows 8.1. When I go into the Expert Edit Mode the toolbar available appears in one single column and misses off several tools including foreground and background colour. How can I restore the original toolbar?
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