Photoshop Pen Tool: Welding Points?

I am working with Photoshop CS3 and I have 3 paths that were on different layers until I moved them all to 1 layer. I can select all of the paths with the Path Selection Tool and "Combine" them into 1 path... but this doesn't do what I need it to. I need to be able to take 2 nodes (or "anchor points") and weld them together as 1 anchor point. I noticed that combining the paths (even when placing the nodes right on top of each other) does not turn 2 nodes into 1. They are still 2 nodes on top of each other. I went to delete anchor points around these 2 nodes and that is when I noticed they weren't "welded" together. I know that in Cinema 4D you can "weld" points together and it works perfectly for what I need in C4D but I need this to work in Photoshop. Is there a way?

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