Tolerance dialogue missing on "make work path from selection"

I am trying to convert a 1-color drawing to a path so I can put it into Illustrator. I use the magic wand to select the edges and get a nice tight fit. But when I select the "Make work path from selection" button, I get a sloppy fit. I've looked this up, and supposedly I should get a dialogue box asking me to state the tolerance. I have never seen that box - I've tried it and had colleagues come try it. My version 13.1.2 x64. Seems like a bug to me, but maybe I'm missing something. Is there another way to do this? Thank.s

R_Kelly wrote:
If you press the Alt/Option key while pressing the Make work path from selection button, then you'll get the Tolerance dialog.
Other ways are to right click inside the selection and choose Make Work Path or use the flyout menu from the Paths panel and choose Make Work Path.
Hah! I didn't know that RK
[EDIT] As an aside to the above information, having had a play with it, I have realised how poorly the 'Make work path from selection' feature works in Photoshop. It has always worried me that distibution of points that result from using that feature on a Shift drag eliptical marquee circle, appear less than optimal, but I have just lived with that because it is quick and convenient. But having just looked again, zooming right in and activating the point handles, the curve is just plain horrible!
Me thinks I shall take the time to do it properly in future, by using the Shape tool.
It also amazed me how many points were used when setting tolerance to the minimum of .5
Anyway... I am not getting my work done here, so time to earn a living

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I don't use Photoshop much, so I bet I'm missing something obvious. Lately I've been drawing hollow elipses on top of existing photos, with crummy results.
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But I'd like to understand why.
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The one on the left is the stroked work path. The circle in the center is from Edit > Stroke. The path on the right is the work path from a circle.
All circles created with Shift-dragging the eliptical marquee tool between the guides, so they shuould be the same.
Tolerance set as low as it can go, to 0.5.
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For better results use the ellipse tool (hold down the shift key to constrain proportions)
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