Stroke panel alignment options inaccessible - prior forum solutions haven't solved it.

I've created a closed shape with the pen tool. No fill, just a stroke. I want to change the stroke alignment from Center Alignment, but in the Stroke panel, alignment settings are greyed out for Align Inside and Align Outside. I read related questions and answers in these forums but they didn't solve my problem. My closed shape is closed and is not a group or part of a group. "The devil's in the details!" Thanks for your help!

Babington,
Failing other solutions, you may try the list.
The following is a general list of things you may try when the issue is not in a specific file (you may have tried/done some of them already); 1) and 2) are the easy ones for temporary strangenesses, and 3) and 4) are specifically aimed at possibly corrupt preferences); 5) is a list in itself, and 6) is the last resort.
1) Close down Illy and open again;
2) Restart the computer (you may do that up to 3 times);
3) Close down Illy and press Ctrl+Alt+Shift/Cmd+Option+Shift during startup (easy but irreversible);
4) Move the folder (follow the link with that name) with Illy closed (more tedious but also more thorough and reversible);
5) Look through and try out the relevant among the Other options (follow the link with that name, Item 7) is a list of usual suspects among other applications that may disturb and confuse Illy, Item 15) applies to CC, CS6, and maybe CS5);
Even more seriously, you may:
6) Uninstall, run the Cleaner Tool (if you have CS3/CS4/CS5/CS6/CC), and reinstall.
http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cscleanertool.html

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