Custom Keyboard Shortcuts Get Reset / Altered

Hey I'm having a pretty annoying problem with Photoshop CS4 - one that I never had with Version 3 or earlier.
I usually like to unmap the shortcuts for Close Window (Cmd+W by default) and Quit Photoshop (Cmd+Q by default) because they can cause problems when you hit them on accident, or too quickly.
Like I said, this has worked fine for me in the past, but now in CS4, without any rhyme or reason, the Quit shortcut gets mapped to simply 'Q', which is REALLY bad. Reloading my custom workspace solves the problem, but I have to do this daily, which kind of defeats the purpose of having it in the first place.
Has anyone else run into this problem? Any ideas on how to right it?
Thanks,
Nejat

Illustrator has similar problem where remapping certain keyboard short cuts do not stick seemingly. But if you open the shortcuts dialog after relaunch then it returns. Could be related.

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I definitely hear you about Split Motion. There is an enhancement request for supporting multiple layers, and adding it as a keyboard shortcut. The first one is tricky, but the second one is not. I think there was hope that splitting motions wouldn't be necessary much (especially since you have to be careful when doing so when eases are involved), which is why the eventual need for more functionality related to split motion was realized a bit late in the schedule.
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AllTom wrote:
sweiss wrote:
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