Removing power lines using the Stroke path method

I watched a video created by Adobe Product Manager Brian O. Hughes titled Adobe Max: Hidden Gems in Photoshop an excellent video (see link below). I have been trying his easy method of removing power lines from an image using the pen tool and stroke path method defined as follows:
Using the pen tool create a path of the line to be removed. Making sure the brush tool is small and set at 100% opacity; click on the Spot Healing Brush making sure it is set to "content aware". Then in the path panel click "stroke path" and it removes the line.
Well I have followed these instructions several times, very simple, but it doesn't remove the line for me. I can manually shift click the start and ending point and it removes it but using the stroke command within the path panel doesn't work. I am making sure the path is active.
Any ideas why it doesn't work for me?
Thanks...........Ralph
Here is the link to the video, his technique is listed near the end, @ minute 56: http://www.youtube.com/user/Photoshop

Hi jjMack, thanks for your response. I found my problem after realizing that I hadn't terminated my pen line. I didn't realize I had to click the end anchor point to complete the line, I thought since the line was obvious on the image that it had been created and thought I couldn't see it in the paths panel because it was so small (these old eyes aren't what they used to be). When clicking on the last anchor point it could easily be seen on the paths panel.. I just don't use the pen tool enough so I didn't realize my error. Learn something everyday. Incidentally, I had set the stroke path on the paths panel to Spot Healing Brush and only used the tools menu to confirm that content aware was selected.
Thanks again JJ................Ralph

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