Turning EVERY Shape into a Path on Accident?

[caseyb64091882]

I'm running Photoshop CS6 and suddenly my program seems to be turning every shape I make into a shape path, despite being set to make a "shape" and not a "path" (selection located in the left hand side of the top bar).

I select any shape from the tool bar, then when I draw it on my canvas it creates a path in the "Paths" panel. I do not want this to happen and I'm not sure why it's suddenly happening now. Please help! Thanks!

[gener7 · Accepted solution]

First, Restart your PC. Many problems clear up on that alone.

If not, right click on the Tool and Reset it (example below)

Finally, try a preferences reset.

If you need a quick and dirty way to restore your preferences, here's a way you can do it using a keyboard shortcut on launch:

Windows - double-click the PS icon to start Photoshop

                  Immediately Hold down CTRL-SHIFT-ALT

                  You will see a delete preferences dialog. Click “yes".

Macintosh - Hold down CMD-SHIFT-OPTION instead.

Gene