Unable to save changes to a Photoshop file opened by Links panel

I believe I have found a bug in CS4, (gasp!), and am wondering if anyone else has experienced it.
I'm using the Live Preflight to find all images with the wrong resolution or color mode.
I use the page number hyperlink in the Preflight panel to go to and select the PSD file. I then switch to the Links panel and click the Edit icon.
At that point I change the color mode or resolution in Photoshop.
But here's where the problem happens. Not all the time, but sometimes I get an error message that the file is already open or in use.
I then have to do a Save As in order to save the changes.
Anyone else experience this?
It doesn't happen all the time, but just enough to frustrate me.

If you are not afraid of the Unix command line of your Mac, fire up /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app and enter the magic spell
lsof | grep preview.psd
lsof yields a list of all open files, together with the application and other technical information. It may take a few seconds.
The | grep searches the output for the given file name.
You'll then at least know who sits on your file ...
As far as I know Windows users have to install separate tools to get the equivalent information.
Dirk

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