Why is my automation tools now greyed out?

it was not before, but I needed to wipe my computer, and reload all my software.

Yes, I do have onOne Perfect Photo Suite 6. Before I bought the Suite, I used a free program they offered. I also had Perfect Portrait installed. At that time the automation tools were not grayed out. But due to a computer glitch, my OS (windows 7) needed to be reinstalled. I then reloaded all of my software, including the new Suite 6. That is when the automation tools got grayed out.
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 21:16:01 -0600
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    Re: why is my automation tools now greyed out?
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Generally the automation tools menu is resevered for legacy plugins, scripts or third party plugins.In the default install of elements, at least in recent versions, the automation tools menu is grayed out. Did you have any third party plugins installed like onOne plugins?
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