CS6 and Nik Software plugins?

I've recently converted from CS5 to CS6.  I noticed that CS6 was pointing to CS5 for plugins rather than CS6. I made the mistake of trying to move the plugin folder from CS5 to CS6, which made a bit of a mess. I ended up reinstalling CS6, getting the most current updates, and uninstalling and reinstalling my Nik plugins, and this time they went into the correct folder (CS6 instead of CS5) -- no problem, everything worked, except for Dfine which said it was only compatible with CS5.  I got the most recent version, which is to work for CS6; I uninstalled the old Dfine; installed the new one.  Everything looks fine.  Except that when I attempt to use it in CS6, it crashes completely and shuts everything down.  I've uninstalled and reinstalled, and gotten new downloads, etc. But this continues to happen.  Everything else seems to work fine.  The plug-ins are all together where they are supposed to be.  They all show up on the filter menu.  I've exhausted all possibilities on the Nik side, and now I'm wondering if there's something on the Adobe Photoshop side.  And I'm wondering if anyone else has encountered any conflict between CS6 and this plug-in.   Thanks.

I got their latest, which they swear is CS6 compatible.  I would think it's an issue with that particular plug-in, because the rest of them are fine. But it's good to know that they are known to be crashing, because I couldn't see anyone else having issues, and I wondered if it had something to do with my CS6 set-up, or if I'd screwed something up when I relocated the plug-in folder.  Back to Nik, I guess.  Thanks for the answer! 

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