Accidently hit a hot key using the pen tool and now its not working the way it was.

I have always used the pen tool as a qucik selection tool, just click a point (no little pen point box would appear) click another point and the line would look like a selection, I would continue till I had my shape around what I was trying to select. Then I hit delete and whatever I selected would then be deleted. Well, I can't do that anymore. I have tried reseting the tool, trying the other pen tools, I know I can go to the "paths window" and select the "selection" icon at the bottom but that still doesnt fix what happened. I normally use beta and tried to do this in the regular Ps, still no luck, I have scoured the interent and havent had ANY luck finding exactly what I was looking for. I think I hit control and P at the same time when I was working with it by accident and now I cant undo it. Please any help would be appreciated! Im trying to find a video of what it used to do to give you a better idea of what Im looking for, Ill post it once I find it. Thank you all!