PS CC 2014 Actions launch Preferences Window

I've been using Photoshop Actions for years but recently I've encountered some odd behavior. I made a simple action that removes transparency from a document by executing the Trim command. The last part of the action then saves the changes and closes the PSD file. It worked great until today.
Here are the steps I'm performing:
While I'm in Bridge, I select all my files in the current folder, I initiate this Action from Tools \ Photoshop \ Batch. This switches me over to PS with the Batch window open. From there, I can choose the action from the drop down list and run it.
The action runs its course on the selected files with no issues the first time around.
However, if I try to run the action again on files in a different folder (from Bridge), I keep getting the Preferences Units & Rulers window launches each time the file loads. I have to sit there and press the Escape key each time in order for the action to complete.
I tried to duplicate the behavior by stepping through the Action manually in order to pinpoint which step is the culprit, but the Preferences window doesn't load. It only does it when the Action runs on its own.
Anyone know why this would happen?

If you create an action set with just the one action and save the set upload the uploade it to the web and post a link to the .atn file we can download the action and test that on our machines. You will get feedback from both Mac and PC users. It sound odd that it would work once then fail the second time. Was Photoshop CC 2014 up before you used bridge menu tools>photoshop>batch the first time or was Photoshop started because you used tools>photoshop>batch. If is was not up did you try closing PS down before the second batch?

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