Save for web export crashing photoshop

HI
In was wondering if anyone could help me. I have written a code that edits images but i am having trouble with the save for web export everytime it gets to saving it photoshop just crashes. I have tried a few different ways of coding it but all of them end of crashing PS and i am at a loss as to what is wrong.
Here is the code that i am using:
                                        set webFolder to (choose folder with prompt "Select the folder to link to")
                                        set webOpt to {class:save for web export options, web format:JPEG, quality:89}
                                        set theDoc to current document
export theDoc in webFolder as save for web with options webOpt
any help would be great. I have tried it on CS6 and CC, both of which crash.

You need to pass a full file path to the export command… Probably need to change the extension too.
set myFullFilePath to (path to desktop as text) & docName
export in file myFullFilePath as save for web with options myOptions

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My problem is that under certain circumstances the 'save as web' function can take upto 3 minutes before the diaglog box appears. I've had this for some time but only in the last couple of days did I notice something that might be relevant:
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1. Open 3 large TIFF files @ 120mb approx (mine are 3 processed RAW files from Capture One / 4200x5600@300dpi)
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7. Close this document (tab)
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10. Close this document (tab)
11. Go to the last image (tab) and do 'save as web'
12. Dialog box can take anything from 20secs to 3mins to appear.
As I can easily go through this process for 50-60 images you can imagine that it can waste over an hour of my time waiting for Photoshop to get it's act together. I assume it's something todo with memory allocation, or that it's processing previews for all three tabs on the first 'save as web', but in any respect it's very annoying. There seems nothing obviously wrong resource-wise at the time of doing these.
Would be interested if anyone else has this issue!
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...is Rubbish!
crashes everytime. I have to do my save for web in 32bit photoshop. it was flaky on XP 32bit as well but not as consistantly wobbly.
Can anyone report whether its better on CS5?

Can you be more specific about what size image you're starting with, what color depth, what color space? Are you saving .gif, .jpg, what?
I just saved this animated .gif image, for example, using that combination on Windows 7 x64. Notably it continued to work, but when I finally shut Photoshop down Windows reported "Photoshop Has Stopped Working", so... I think your problem is confirmed.
In my case, it was a fresh start of Photoshop, 2 opens via Camera Raw, some minor editing to overlay one image over the other, sizing, Make Frames from Layers, Save For Web. Images were 8 bit, sRGB when saved.
P.S., the image below doesn't seem to animate except when it's expanded to full size.
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