Unable to activate any tool except hand tool

I can choose any tool either by menu or by shortcut, but only the hand icon remains visible and active. Reopen Photoshop and rebooting mac doesn't help, only solution I have found is: Repair Disk Permissions. Would really like a simpler/faster solution, any idea's

I haven't, but I will and see what happens. Since the problem only arises at uneven intervals, it may take some time. Thanks for your reply!

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I make Mandalas (http://www.behance.net/gallery/Mandala/2700497) and work from the center out. This poster is 18"x24" so once I start to get to the outer edge, I'm zoomed into the center at 6400% so I can get my crosshairs as precise as I can, then enter a number (45 degrees, 20 degrees, etc.). Clicking Preview helps, but if you're zoomed in and the object is out of view, you have to guess where it's going. In CS5, you could press down the space bar and use the Hand Tool even while the dialog box was up. Is there a fix for this? (Sorry if this doesn't make sense...it's kind of hard to explain over a forum.)

TBamber wrote:
When using the rotate tool, you used to be able to use the hand tool even when the Rotate dialogue box was up. ....
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