Can't Save - File In Use Or Left Open

So, got the oft-reported error just now. Still using CS4, until Monday or Tuesday.
The file was a placed image in InDesign, and opened into Photoshop using the Edit Original feature. Made my changes, hit Save, got the "file in use" error.
Used What's Keeping Me to see what process was preventing me from saving the image... drum roll please... it's InDesign.
So, how to use the Edit Original feature if you can't save your work to update the link when you're finished???

This message is a reply to the first "Spiers" reply to my post, not the one referring to Windows.
Which widget are you referring to? The mini icons to the right of my forum ID at the top are New, Your Stuff, History and Browse. None of these offer anywhere to go related to my post. They just dump you in another random area of the forums or to your own post or account history.
However, there is to the right, a sidebar that reads: "More Like This" which offers links to posts that DO relate to my problem. But, they DO NOT offer a solution. You, like the moderator in the PS forum, are basically telling me the same thing: Please take your issue somewhere else.
Why can't I get a direct answer, maybe like "Abobe is aware of the problem and is working on a patch" or "as obvious that it appears to be a CS issue, the problem is actually with OS X, etc." Don't give me the bum's rush.

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