Hello,
This has been disabled in the later versions of Photoshop apparently. I have the latest version but it still happens- both in my home comp & the one at work. I have to click on it several times to make it disappear. Also Free Tranform doesn't immediately appear around an object immediately like it did in the past. Now I have to click somewhere away from it for it to appear. Pen Tool -Delete Path option doesn't work after Right Clicking to access Drop Down Menu & clicking on that option. I have to hold down Command key & use White Arrow that appears to delete the path.
So many glitches.....
I am a power user- 30 years, & this slows down my workflow considerably.