Cropping limitation in PSE 13

I recently upgraded from version 10 to 13. When cropping in version 10, I normally wanted to maintain an aspect ratio of 3:2 as in the original image. I did this in the crop tool by selecting "Use Photo Ratio". This defaults the width and height to the existing pixel size of the image. Next I would drag the crop tool to the desired size and position, which maintains the aspect ratio. Finally, before committing the crop, I changed from "Use Photo Ratio" to "No Restriction", and then did the commit. This resulted in a cropped image with pixel dimensions as I had set using the crop tool, and with the same aspect ratio as the original photo. No manual setting of pixels was required.
I cannot do this in PSE 13. If I try the above, as soon as I change from "Use Photo Ratio" to "No Restriction", I lose the crop tool sizing and positioning that I just did. Bug? Not sure, but the way it worked in version 10 was great. So if I want to do this in 13, do I have to just start off with "No Restriction" and do calculations on pixel widths/heights to give the correct aspect ratio? I hope there is an easier way.
Thanks.

I'm not replying to your OP here because I don't understand what you're trying to accomplish by this workflow, but I would point out that your other posts do indeed have responses to them:
Dave Trono

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