Copying actions to a duplicated symbol

Hi
I am an newbie trying to take an existing Flash game and modifying it for my own selfish goals. I am duplicating symbols and trying to preserve all of their actions so that I can then swap them out for my own symbols. When I swap, actions are preserved, but I have run out of symbols to swap, so now I am trying to duplicate the remaining symbol so I have more to swap with, but when I duplicate the actions are lost. I have adjusted the actions code to accommodate more symbols ( or at least I think I have). Any help would be appreciated.

Hi Rob,
That code worked perfectly. All of my movie clips are duplicating and moving exactly as I want them too, thank you! Is it possible to move around the copies once they are placed down? Ultimately I would like to mimic some of Illustrator's functions with these movie clips and have the basic functions of pick up and re-place (moving), clicking and duplicating the instances that are on the stage, deleting instances, grouping instances ( and re- coloring the groups), copying and pasting them as a group, and saving and printing finished work. If you want to see how I am applying this I have attached what I have done so far. Thanks for all your help.
https://www.woolybaabaa.com/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=646
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