I have already turn off Inkscape, and reopen it, to no avail.
The handles show only on new paths or shapes. But those that I had already won't show them.
I copied that drawing to a new file and still not working.
I'll be back, I'll log off of Windows, hopefully that'll do it.
In the meantime if someone has any ideas I would appreciate it.
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Update: Nope! I even restarted the pc.
Btw, I am using the "Edit Paths by Nodes" tool, I just hit F2. It always worked before.