Photoshop crashing when using HDR Pro & trying to save DNG

I am trying to create a HDR from 3 photos in LrC.  Here are the steps I'm doing:

1. Select 3 Nikon Raw .nef photos in LrC and choose 'Merge to HDR Pro in Photoshop'.
2. Once the photos have been loaded into viewer/preview, clicked 'Mode'.
3. Changed to 32 Bit, clicked 'Remove ghosts' and then clicked 'Tone in ACR'.
4. Clicked 'Auto' to apply suggested changes.
5. Clicked 'Convert & Save' to tell Photoshop where to save the image.
6. Clicked the drop down box to choose DNG option... This is causing Photoshop to CRASH everytime.

I've already tried updating my graphics card drivers.  Same result.

I've already deselected my graphics card from within preferences.  Same result.

I've already deleted my Photoshop preferences folder.  Same result.

I've already deleted the Photosohp font cache folder.  Same result.

PC Specs: (brand new Windows 11 PC build as of 10 days ago).  No OS updates available.

Intel i7-13700F 2.10 GHz

32GB RAM

ASRock B760M Pro RS/D4 motherboard

ASRock AMD Radeon RX 6600

Photoshop 24.6.0

Please help...this is quite frustrating.