How to unconstrain crop tool in CS5 - pc

Does anyone know how to unconstrain my crop tool in CS5 on a pc? I'm not sure how it got constrained so I'm not sure how to undo this.
In advance, I thank you so very much for your assistance. I'm in the middle of a project and cannot figure this out for the life of me.
Sandy

Sorry to trouble you folks -- I figured it out by clicking clear in the tool bar of the crop tool. Thank you.

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