The selection tools will not select paths.

When objects are selected, the bounding box appears, but the neither the paths or anchor points appear. How do I rectify this? I'm guessing i've accidentally changed a setting but there seems to be little light shed online.
Thanks for your time.

bvnri,
Ctrl/Cmd+H, View>Show Edges.
It is the most likely mishit of all, completely surrounded by other keystrokes; you may have thought you you just repeated one of them because it did not work the first time, and then forgotten all about it.

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There rare many reason this could be happening your item could be
locked or on a locked layer
inside a clipping or transparency mask
has a large object on top, (happens to me often when I have a white plate)
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select all then hide - to test if item is selectable or locked
hide the item on top until you dig down to why you want, make the change, then show all
command click to get past items on top, each click takes you down a layer
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What about quitting the app. Then going to User: Library: Prefs: Adobe Photoshop CS4 paths, trash it then restart?
Message was edited by: Printer_Rick: Added Edit: Can you pull on the bezier handles?

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