Nik plugin problem - exports directly to folder - skips LR catalog :(

hello everybody
i have a very strange problem
while attempting to edit a photo in Nik Color Efex Pro 4 in LR4 - edits are made and i click "save" to go back to LR
the "stack" indication in the upper-left-hand corner increases by one but the edited photo doesn't appear in the library/grid view or filmstrip
however ( !! ) the edited image DOES appear in the original folder on the hard drive - WITH all of the edits performed in Nik
has anybody heard of such a thing??
does anybody know how i can stop this from happening??
i've called Nik tech support - they are at a loss and said to contact Adobe tech support, they think its a adobe/lightroom thing
i've restarted the computer (win7)
i've uninstalled/reinstalled Nik Color Efex Pro 4
i really don't want to uninstall/reinstall LR - all my presets/copyright settings/etcetc.. :/

well.. just for the benefit of anybody with the same problem in the future, i "solved" this
apparently the problem went away when i put my laptop on standby (sleep) and then returned to it
the problem didn't exist after that
crazy - i know
sometimes i can't modify the screen brightness after it sleeps and is woken back up - perhaps this is related (?)
usually that happens if i close the lid triggering the sleep mode - if i select sleep from the start menu, wait for it to shut off, THEN close the lid - all is fine
anyway.. in case anybody else finds themself in a similar situation with LR/NiK and they find this topic......... try sleep/wake-up - hibernate/wake-up - be sure not to close the lid before - if that's not working, sleep it by closing the lid (heck, try everything) - try restarts - full shutdowns then restart - etc etc

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