My root bone isn't working :/

Hello, I am totally new to rigging; this is my first try. I am nearly complete, I just have to put in my root bone. But when I do, and I parent the torso and pole target bones to it, it still won’t affect anything. I hope I worded this correctly ^^;

Here is my .blend file. Please help!

http://www.pasteall.org/blend/38354

Uhh… it works fine for me. Maybe you’re not in pose mode? Select your rig in object mode and press CTRL+TAB on your keyboard to toggle pose mode. Or just click where I’ve highlighted below.

If I move the root bone everything else follows as normal.

Unless maybe I’m misunderstanding your question?

Oh… well that’s embarrassing. Thanks XD