Cookie cutter image in new layer disappears

I have a background graphic. To that I added a couple rectangles in separate laters, then text in more layers that went onto the rectangles. Afterward, I wanted an arrow shape. Easy enough.
Click NEW LAYER
Cookie Cutter
Select the arrow type
Drag it into the right shape
Click the green checkmark to ok.
Whamo, it disappears, both from the page and the layer palette.

Here are the tools showing up on my screen:
Move tool
Zoom
Hand
Eyedropper
Rectangular Marquee
Lasso
Magic Wand
Quick Selection
Horizontal Type
Recompose
Cookie Cutter
Straighten
Red Eye Removal
Spot Healing Brush
Clone Stamp
Eraser
Brush
Smart Brush
Paint Bucket
I don't see either a Line Tool or Custom Shape Tool in that location. It must be elsewhere, or perhaps inside one of those listed?

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>I don’t want to annoy you, but could you be more specific?
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