CS3 won't let me STROKE PATHS

I am sooo frustrated.

I am working in Photoshop CS3, on a brand new laptop with Windows Vista.

I used the pen tool and selected 'paths' on the toolbar (instead of "shape layers" or "fill pixels") and drew my path. I've tried both right clicking and the options menu on the paths box, but "Stroke Path..." is always gray. I want to put a stroke on my path! What am I doing wrong that it won't let me stroke the path?

Please reply quickly. I just want to draw with smooth lines, and no existing tutorials help because 1) they're for lower versions of photoshop (I have CS3) and 2) they use the method I've already tried and failed at! Please help!

~Kate

Is the Path selected (chosen) in the Paths palette or with the Path Selection tool?

You need to make your layer active, its probley a background now, double click to make it a active layer and it will work, just did it on my pc.

oops sorry about the previous responce, did it wrong.Go to the paths option, then create new path, botton ,cntrl click the new path then stroke it.

Thanks for the replies, but never mind. I erased any and all paths and made a new one, and it stroked it. I don't know what I was doing wrong, but I fixed it. Thanks for your help!

~Kate