You almost certainly have the object "Any" being utilized in the source/destination of rules invoking applications and/or categories. Check all of these rules, the source should be your internal networks, and the destination in all these rules should be object "Internet". Even having one rule with applications/categories and an Any in either source and/or destination can cause the effect you are observing.
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