CS4 Only: Select > Contract disabled if selection is touching edges of document

why can't I contract from the edge of my document in CS4? this worked fine in CS3... I use this method a lot for making 1px borders

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Select > Modify > Contract (1px) done...

but in CS4 if the selection is touching all 4 corners this option is disabled!?!? or any corner that it is touching won't contract... help!

<http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.59b74df5/2>

You can make an action that works just like modify/contract. Or just use a layer style stroke for one-pixel borders. Editable, etc. Much more flexible in the long run.

Or <http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.59b6df83/16>

the answer you posted:
Select > All
Enter Quick Mask
Select > All
Edit > Stroke (inside)
Exit Quick Mask

Selection is now contracted

sounds like a very roundabout and inferior way to do this very simple function that has been in every previous version

the more I hear about CS4 the worse it sounds UGH