Pen Tool Behavior Requesting

Hi there,
I don't know if this feature has been requested before, probably a lot of people want it, especially ex Freehand's users like me, it is about the pen tool and the way that it behaves in Freehand and Fireworks, that is showing a 'live' o 'preview' curve from the anchor point before you click on the second anchor point, I haven't see that feature in Illustrator and it would be cool if the next version come with that.
Thanks

Yes I have tried resetting the tools I had said in my original post. I have not deleted prefs yet as I am not sure where the one i need to delete are located.
Adobe photoshop cc 14.2.1
mac os 10.9.2
going to the link now to see if it offers some help. thanks.
Evidently i was reseting the tools inccorectly, I have now properly reset the tools and its working as I orginally remember it working.
Thank you.

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