Round Tripping Photoshop could not save as

When using the "edit in" feature in Lightroom 3 & 4 to pass the RAW file to photoshop cs 5 the image appears in Photoshop. However, when editing is complete and I use the Save command I receive message in a dialog box saying " Could not save as "D:\users.......\2012.tif because the file could not be found"
Additionally when passing files from Lightroom to Photoshop a new Dialog box opens regarding the compatibiliy of the Camera Raw Plug in. This I understand may be resolved in time, but if I press the "Render in Lightroom" button I get a Lightroom dialog box saying " Lightroom was unable to prepare the selected files at " D:\users\ Etc Etc". It will not be opened. The files are Canon Raw CR2 from a 7D.
I have fully uninstalled both Photoshop and Lightroom and then reinstalled them in an effort to resolve this but I was unsuccessfully. The only way to save is to use Save As which seems to work with Tiff files being created.
Can someone help please.

Before you do something so drastic as formatting your systems drive, I would try the following:
a) delete your preference file. Many quirky things in Lr are due to a "funny" preference file. See here where you find it: http://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/kb/preference-file-locations-lighroom-3.html
Naturally you then have to reset you preferences but that's easier done than starting totally from scratch. See also here how to delete the preference file: http://lightroomers.com/replacing-the-lightroom-preference-file/745/
b) If that doesn't help try re-installing Lr4. After re-installation open Lr4, and go >File >Import from another catalog and navigate to your Lr catalog (the same one you are using now). Do not re-import the images you'd loose your edits. When you import from catalog your edits are retained.

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