Photoshop CS6 - Batch function will not save files

Question

OK, I have used the "Automate/Batch" function well over a hundred times, so this situation (first time using it in CS6) is VERY frustrating!
Running Adobe CS6 extended v. 13.0.1 x32 on a Win XP sp3 OS.
I have a slew of photos that need nothing done except to resize from the native file size to 6 in x 4 in @ 150 ppi and save into a new folder (to not override the original).  I have recorded the action multiple times now and each time I run the action, the files do not save! Here are the various parameters I've used:
Attempt #1:
     Action Steps Recorded -
Open
Save for web (set size parameters here)
Close
      Batch settings -
Play Set: correct folder selected; Action: correct action selected
Source: folder - selected folder where native files are located (on desktop)
NO checkmarks next to any options
Destination: folder - selected folder where small files should be saved (on desktop)
NO checkmark on override action
Did not change file naming parameters
Result #1 - DID NOT SAVE FILES
Attempt #2:
     Action Steps Recorded -
Open
Save for web (set size parameters here)
Close
     Batch settings -
Play Set: correct folder selected; Action: correct action selected
Source: folder - selected folder where native files are located (on desktop)
Cehckmark override Action "Open" commands
Destination: folder - selected folder where small files should be saved (on desktop)
NO checkmark on override action
Did not change file naming parameters
Result #2 - DID NOT SAVE FILES
Attempt #3:
     Action Steps Recorded -
Open
Save for web (set size parameters here)
Close
      Batch settings -
Play Set: correct folder selected; Action: correct action selected
Source: folder - selected folder where native files are located (on desktop)
Checkmark override action "Open" commands
Destination: folder - selected folder where small files should be saved (on desktop) 
Checkmark override action "Save As" commands
Did not change file naming parameters
Result #3- DID NOT SAVE FILES
Attempt #4:
     Action Steps Recorded -
Open
Image Size (set parameters here)
Save as (set folder location here)
Close
     Batch settings -
Play Set: correct folder selected; Action: correct action selected
Source: folder - selected folder where native files are located (on desktop)
Checkmark override Action "Open" commands
Destination: folder - selected folder where small files should be saved (on desktop) 
NO checkmark on override action
Did not change file naming parameters
Result #4- DID NOT SAVE FILES
Attempt #5:
     Action Steps Recorded -
Open
Image Size (set parameters here)
Save as (set folder location here)
Close
       Batch settings - 
Play Set: correct folder selected; Action: correct action selected
Source: folder - selected folder where native files are located (on desktop)
Checkmark override action "Open" commands
Destination: folder - selected folder where small files should be saved (on desktop) 
Checkmark override action "Save As" commands
Did not change file naming parameters
Result #5- DID NOT SAVE FILES
Please help!  This has never been a problem before CS6 and I truly am at my wits end trying to figure out why the files will not save.  I have several hundred files that I need to run this on, so doing it individually is not an option.
Thanks in advance for any and all insights!

Answer 1

I'm having a problem with Automating > Batch as well. Strange enough, I did a batch of other photos and it worked fine. Selecting a new set of folders is not working at all; the files simply pop open and then close but the destination folder remains empty. It also doesn't appear the actions are occuring since I don't see them highlighting as the automation runs. I have no idea why it would work then not. BTW, "Override Action "Save As" is unchecked.
~CG
UPDATE: I put a "save as" command at the beginning of the action, then checked the "Override Action "Save As" box and it somehow works now, but not before stalling on an image (normally the last in the folder) and complaining that the image was being used in another program. The only other program opened was Bridge so I'm unsure why it had a problem. I closed both programs and ran the automation with nothing else opened and it worked ... ?? Confused, but not complaining (for now).