Hand Tool Bug? PSCS

I'm nt particularly knowledgeable about the ins and outs of this program yet, so maybe this is just a setting I can't seem to find.

Whenever I start up the program (Photoshop CS) the hand tool is selected. No matter what I try I can not select any other tools at all. I've been trying to self teach myself this program for about 6 months and I've never chosen to use the hand tool at all, so I never intentionally set anything to make it default or anything like that.

Any ideas?

Thanks for reading and any help offered.

Sara

sticky space bar? press space a couple of times. pressing space temporarily brings up the hand tool.

Trash/reset Preferences as per the FAQs.