[Maya 2016] component mode with marking menu selects objects

pseudomode

I dare you to solve this!
When I hit F8 I enter component mode and can select components only as expected. BUT, when I enter component mode by way of the marking menu, I select components along with all other object in the selection marquee.
This only happens on my home computer, not my work. I could copy my prefs but that still doesn't tell me what causes it.

I have spent an embarrassing amount of time trying to figure out how to fix this issue. If anyone knows how to fix it, you are a master. 

throttlekitty

This dropdown in the menu is at All Objects by default, I was able to get this by setting it to Polygons. But toggling with F8 resets it back to Objects, so I'm not sure what you've managed here.

pseudomode

Thanks for trying throttlekitty. Sadly, it does't seem to matter what setting I use there.

eltarbos

Try this:
in preferences/Selection
make sure that "Ignore selection priority" is unchecked.

pseudomode

That was the first thing I tried. Something fishy is going on.
If I can't solve this soon I'm going reinstall. So strange.

throttlekitty

I'd try deleting the prefs file before a reinstall.

pasha_sevez

Try using 2017 instead of 2016 (or try at least 2016 ext1 sp1) - it doesn't have a complete selection implementation for Viewport 2.0.
Selection in VP2 suffered from various problems for a long time. The issue you faced is only one of them. For instance in 2016 on my computer I can select any template or reference meshes, while my teammates can't. But in 2017 I actually found none of such problems.