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make sure you're not touching the space bar, that will make any tool change to the hand tool<br />
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for the crosshair make sure you haven't got caps lock pressed<br />
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maybe you need to reset the photoshop prefs<br />
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if the above isn't the reason<br />
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How to reset Photoshop preferences<br />
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First, hold down all three Ctrl+Alt+Shift buttons<br />
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Now &quot;while keeping those button held,&quot; simply open Photoshop or a file that opens with Photoshop<br />
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As Photoshop loads, you should get a prompt asking if you would like to &quot;delete the Photoshop settings file&quot;, Click yes<br />
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You should now have a fresh slate with all of the settings returned to their default.
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make sure you're not touching the space bar, that will make any tool change to the hand tool

for the crosshair make sure you haven't got caps lock pressed

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maybe you need to reset the photoshop prefs

if the above isn't the reason

How to reset Photoshop preferences

First, hold down all three Ctrl+Alt+Shift buttons

Now "while keeping those button held," simply open Photoshop or a file that opens with Photoshop

As Photoshop loads, you should get a prompt asking if you would like to "delete the Photoshop settings file", Click yes

You should now have a fresh slate with all of the settings returned to their default.

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I am using CS2, everything was fine then the cursor became a hand instead of crosshairs with the marquee tool in use. &nbsp;Image/crop is greyed out.<br />
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What's happening here?
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I am using CS2, everything was fine then the cursor became a hand instead of crosshairs with the marquee tool in use.  Image/crop is greyed out.

What's happening here?

Cursor in Photoshop

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