Missing in Action Folder

Today when I opened PS, a Master Action folder I created was gone. Consequently, all the actions linked to key commands do not work anymore.   Why did this folder just disappear. All the others are untouched?  I pulled out my hard-drive that has my entire Applications Folder backed up. When I tried to use PS off that hard-drive the same phenomenon occurs.  What's the connection with this missing folder, why did it disappear and why isn't it on my backed up Photoshop version? It will take me a few hours to reprogram all my keys.  Is there anyway to recover this missing action folder?
Any help is greatly appreciated.

Did you ever SAVE your actions into an external location? Make an .atn file?
Heres some facts about actions and the way Photoshop deals with them…
• All the actions that are loaded into Photoshop when it starts up are stored in this file: User > Library > Preferences > Adobe Photoshop CS4 Settings > Actions Palette.psp
• If you want to back up your Actions, (very important as you have learned) the best thing to do is is quit, and back up THIS folder.
• If Photoshop CRASHES, and any unsaved Actions will be lost because photoshop reads in the old Actions Palette.psp file.
When I tried to use PS off that hard-drive the same phenomenon occurs.
I don't fully understand what this means, you have TWO Versions of photoshop, on different drives, with different user accounts -  and different preference folders?
Photoshop will always use the prefs folder I linked to above to read in all its settings. Christoph seems to have given you the incorrect folder, its not in Application Support

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