Problem with using Photoshop Elements as external editor

I am currently trying out Lightroom 4 prior to (maybe) buying it.
I have set PhotoshopElementsEditor.exe as my external editor preference, but when I try to use it, I get the following eror message:- Unexpected error performing command; bad argument #1 to 'lower' (string expected, got nil).
Can anyone please help?

Thanks very much for your help. I have installed LR4.1RC and it has fixed
the problem.
Andrew

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