Flash CS6: Objects always go to back

I'm having an annoying problem in Abode Flash CS6. When I draw something with the brush tool, whether it's an object or a drawing, it automatically goes to the back of the stage, and no matter what layer it's on, or where on the stage I draw it, I can't bring it to the front with Ctrl+Shift+Up Arrow, unless I convert it to a symbol, but since I'm a frame by frame animator, I don't want to have to do this every time I want to solve this problem.
Okay, so now the problem seems to have gone away, but it does come back every so often. Is it just a setting I inadvertently turn on? Can someone explain to me what's going on?
Thanks in advance.
-Ben

Windows 7 64-Bit.
I held Ctrl+Alt+Shift and it deleted the preferences, but I could reset them from the Menu.
Maybe there are some parts in my animation where there are lots of shapes on one layer, but I work on multiple layers, and the problem seems to occur randomly, even when there's only around 5 shapes on the screen, and they're usually not all on the same layer. The .fla file is pretty large though - about 100mb.
Okay, it seems I can avoid this problem by clicking on the object I want the shape to be in front of when I draw it. I'll keep this in mind in case this is the solution.

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