Open as smart object problems

Hello,
Im having some problems with Lightroom 4 when using "Edit In" -> "Open As Smart Object in photoshop..."
Image open fine in CS6, i can make my edits & save. But when i close the image, an dialog box pops up with the following;
Error 2: photoshop is undefined.
Line: 1
-> photoshop.notifyLightroomDocClosed ('lightroom-2.0', '49071FF0-A8C4-4F2F-B0BB-B28B76F494E6', '');
The image is saved to the correct place, link to lightroom is not. Need to manully syncronize the folder to get the image in the catalog.
Running Lightroom 4.4, CS6 (13.0.4) on OS X (10.8.3)
Anyone know whats wrong?

This hack: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/401/kb401629.html?
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> I'm struggling to see the significance of the "Open as Smart Object in
> Photoshop" feature in Lightroom 2 + CS3? I can't see how this is any
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>
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