Layer Comps in CS6 32bit bug

I've only seen one thread that releates to this issue with no answer resolution. I have a reoccuring but where my layer comps display with elements moved into different positions from when I last saved the comp (all layer comps are set to save Visibility, Appaearance and Position). This seems to always happen when I re-open a document, and frankly I'm getting sick of going back and fixing photoshop documents after I save all my comps to files. I can't imagine that this isn't a known issue or that others are not seeing the same thing.

I cannot reproduce the issue.
Could it be you changed the bounds of the affected Layers?
Could you please post screenshots to illustrate the issue?
Please read
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/375816?tstart=0

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