Clone tool stuck with cross hairs

[telboy352]

Using PSE 12 &.Win 10; clone stamp tool shows cross hairs and will not revert to circle. Caps lock does not change it and I cannot find any way to reset tools as suggested in previous answers.

[99jon]

A simple reset will often do the trick. Go to this link to see how and select the clone tool, unless you have already tried this:

Fix Tool

[telboy352]

Have tried this ' There is no drop down menu; tool options I found at the bottom of he screen but this gave only option for brush types size etc and mode selection

[99jon]

The pull-down menu with tool re-set is usually to the right side of the tool options, next to a question mark  ? and directly above the Layers & fx buttons.

[telboy352]

Thank you for that; I have found it, small though it is.clicked reset tools  but the cross hairs still persist even after quitting and reloading the program

[Peru Bob · Accepted solution]

Try resetting the preferences:

Restore default preferences

Preference settings control how Photoshop Elements Editor displays images, cursors, and transparencies, saves files, uses plug‑ins and scratch disks, and so on. If the application exhibits unexpected behavior, the preferences file could be damaged. You can restore all preferences to their defaults.

Note: Deleting the preferences file is an action that cannot be undone.

Do one of the following:

• Press and hold Alt+Control+Shift (Mac: Option+Command+Shift) immediately after Photoshop Elements begins launching. Click Yes to delete the Adobe Photoshop Elements settings file.

• Go to Edit > Preferences (Mac: Photoshop Elements > Preferences > General), click the Reset Preferences on next launch button, and then click OK. When you restart Adobe Photoshop Elements, all preferences are reset to default settings.

A new preferences file is created the next time you start Photoshop Elements Editor. For information on a specific preference option, search for the preference name in Help.

from here:

Preference file locations for Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements

[telboy352]

Thank you once again. I had tried prefernes reset which did not work. This time it did. Problem solved (hopefully permanently,)