How can I fix my pen tool (CS6)?

The pen tool has the little x symbol next to it always. It will not let me click on the document then click again to create paths. This is very annoying because it basically makes most of the functionality of the pen tool useless. What can I do to fix this? I have tried googling and not yet found an answer. I am using the CS6 version of Fireworks.
I restored the preferences in fireworks to the default and the problem is persisting. It does not occur on my windows machine (windows 7) only on my macbook (OS X mavericks).

The problem was Google Chrome browser! As soon as I quit Chrome my pen tool started working again. I didn't even need to restart Fireworks. I wonder if it is a conflict with one of my plugins/add ons. Most likely.
UPDATE - I did narrow it down to one specific Google Chrome extension. It was "Google Play Music"

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