Auto-Stack produces invalid PSD file names?

Newcomer question here. I'm trying to use Bridge CS5 to automatically stack and merge RAW files to HDR images. It all appears to work fine until Photoshop tries to close the resulting HDR files. I get an error box that says:
Script Alert
SyntaxError: General Photoshop error occurred. This functionality may not be available in this version of Photoshop.
- Could not save as "C:\...\HDR_0011388_0011390.psd" because the file name was not valid.
Unfortunately, the message is too elliptical for me to tell where it is trying to put the file. Any help out there? Thanks.
Using Photoshop CS5 Extended version 12.0.4 x64

Unfortunately, all the file names involved are generated automatically. The image names are generated by the camera and are perfectly vanilla. All the other names, whatever they are, are generated by Bridge or Photoshop.

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