Adobe Photoshop Scaling Issue

[designer4life1]

It seems within the last few months when I try to select a portion of an image and expand it to the edge of the canvas it keeps trying to lock the aspect ratio, when I only want the image to go across to the edge. So then I basically have to duplicate that portion over and over till I get to the end.

Does anyone know how to fix this? It never use to do this in all my years of using photoshop. 

[Chuck Uebele]

The scaling is switched. Holding the shift key down now turns off aspect ratio, but you can set how you want it to behave in the preferences. 

[designer4life1]

Do you by chance know which preference setting this is under? I would like to switch it back to where the aspect ratio isn't maintained. Thanks! 

[lambiloon]

Hi there is something wrong in your settings go to preferences and reset all hope it helps you....Regard

[PECourtejoie]

Hello, 

You can just uncheck the link between H and W in the Transform's Option Bar to get the normal behavior.

[designer4life1]

I would uncheck it, but it still would maintain the scale.