Mogrify ICC Profile problem

I have been using Mogrify on export from LR, and I love it. Only one problem. On B&W conversions, when I open them in PS, I get an error box saying "The embedded ICC profile cannot be used because the ICC profile is invalid. Ignoring the profile." Clicking on OK, it will open, but it is Grayscale instead of RGB. I only have to click on Image>Mode>RGB to get it back to normal, but we do a LOT of B&W, and it would be nice not to have to do this every time.
I am on a PC, XP. I have tried directing Mogrify to all of the sRGB profiles I can find on my computer, using Mogrify format options>Convert to colorspace. No help. I have tried just clicking on the Grayscale button in LR, and also converting to B&W by using a preset that moves all the saturation sliders to -100 (I like the tones I get this way better). The same results on both. Interestingly, if I move only one slider to -99, I get a good export. No error message, and an RGB file.

Hi Marty,
Did you ever find a solution to this problem. I, too, ran into this and it drove me nuts since Photoshop or my online photo site could not display the images. Photoshop complained of a missing ICC profile. After experimenting, I found that setting the Lightroom/Mogrify plugin to No Sharpening did the trick. Also, when using Basic Sharpening, any sharpening value below .2 had this problem. Once I bumped it up beyond that, the images magically started working again and Photoshop was happy with them. I have no explanation and couldn't find one in web searches. But, once I found a solution that did work, I stuck with it.
I would still be interested in knowing if I did something wrong or if its just a bug in Mogrify.
Del

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