Layer mask missing from my adjustment layer

Hello Photoshop gang,
Sometimes when I make an Adjustment layer (like a Vibrance Adjustment) the layer will either have or not have an attached layer mask thumbnail. It lately is NOT showing a layer mask thumbnail. When I have an active selection and then make an Adjustment Layer, it then does have an attached Layer Mask Thumbnail. On another computer, I do the same Adjustment Layer creation, and it DOES automatically have a Layer Mask thumbnail. What is happening on this one computer that causes it to NOT have the Layer Mask thumbnail?
Hope this is clear enough!
Mike Witherell in Silver Spring, MD

There's a preference for whether you want a layer mask automatically added.
Look in the ADJUSTMENTS panel's fly out menu:
-Noel

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