Problem solved??? It must have been a glitch, because today, it works??? No idea why. Very strange.

Thanks everyone for your input. Maya was just *$%@ing with me again, I guess.

No, I didn't delete the history. It is a new object. A brand new, unedited primitive object with no poly tab.

Thanks dave, but I have the attribute editor open, the problem is I am missing the polyCylinder1 tab.

When I make a new cylinder, and view the attributes via the attribute Editor, the polyCylinder1 tab is missing. I've tried the "show" button and it isn't listed as an option under the "show" menu.
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