Can't save Smart Folders

Hi all,
I saw an article online about Smart Folders and realized I've never used this feature! Unfortunately, it's not working for me.
I selected New Smart Folder, and chose Kind->Any and Last Opened->Today. But, when I click Save and the save dialog appears, the whole window freezes and I have to relaunch the finder to get rid of the window.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance!
17 PB, 1.33GHz, 1.2GB RAM Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Yes, you can edit them even more easily using Property List Editor, if you have that installed.
I tried making a smart folder with Activity Monitor running to see if I could spot anything interesting. All I noticed was that both Finder and Windowserver were more active as I created and saved a new one (and mds of course as the search was was done). So that wasn't very enlightening. The only other thing that occurs to me is perhaps something has gone wrong with the Saved Searches folder itself (it's in your home Library folder), since that is the default place to save to. I tried copying my folder to another drive, then trashed the original. When I relaunched the Finder and created a new Smart Folder the Finder had created a new Saved Searches folder. If that doesn't work either, you can trash your creation and put the original back.
Francine
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