PS CC - Crashes after clicking save.

Question

Hi,
I'm having problems when trying to save an image after editing it.
The scenario - I have a raw image, and a virtual copy of said image, open in lightroom 5. Both have had minor tweaks to them. I then highlight both images and click "edit in photoshop as layers".
All is well at this point. I then do what I do in photoshop which is minor editing, only a few basic layers, then I hit save. My goal here is for me to save what I have done in PS and then view image in lightroom etc etc.
However after clicking save, I keep getting a message saying Photoshop CC has stopped working, and I can search web for help or close program. Clicking on either closes photoshop and I lose what work I have done.
I'm not only new to photoshop but my tech knowledge is relatively basic when it comes to computer faults and programming etc. The "error code" I keep getting is MMXcore.8bx
This happens about 99% of the time however on a few, very few, occasions my image has saved and it's now in lightroom. Also when I open an image as layer in photoshop and then make a few basic adjustments to my image, the hit save it works. But when for example I convert a layer for smart filter and hit save , it crashes?! It only seems to happen after I do a bit more editing.
I really don't know what happenin and what information I need to provide for help, but basically I can't save my work and it's very frustrating!
Thank you!
PS I should add that I'm not too sure how to provide my tech specs or the full error message. If I have left something out please say and I'll add to post at next opportunity. Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi Chris,
None that I know of. To be fair this behavior has only begun to occur; I used PS CC regularly without problem. The only thing that I can think of is that I recently installed CC 2014, which caused some complexities using Bridge, which has changed my workflow slightly. Bridge CC is a bit confused as to where its loyalties lie. I used to open in ACR and then open from there into PSCC. That no longer works, as it apparently tries to launch into CC 2014 even if CC is open. "Open in" in the context menu does not contain an option for CC, so what I have to do is to launch CC, then go to Bridge and choose simply "Open", which launches an instance of ACR that connects to CC when I choose "Open".
Perhaps this causes some state in the system that, combined by some as yet unidentified keyboard command, causes the keyboard driver to hang. Just a completely uneducated speculation. Using CC 2014 I use my normal workflow faultlessly, so I will just go ahead and get all my plugs installed and drop CC completely.