Feature Request: Record actions in Photoshop Elements

I would sincerely like the ability to record actions. I can't find actions on the net that replicate my standard workflow.
Larry
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Please add a +1 here: http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/making_actions_in_pse

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Trying to upload "actions" to photoshop elements 10 but I am having troubles because things are not on my hard drive that need to be there??

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I just loaded my actions using the PSE 10 from the App Store.
Close PSE.
Access the System library location from Finder menu, click "Go" in the menu bar then select "Go to Folder...". Type in "~/Library" and click Go.
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Action Taken
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Hi Barbara,
Thanks for your response
I am using Photoshop Elements 2.0 and the third party program in question is "eCoverGo"
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As mentioned it was designed for Adobe Photoshop and required all the files to be placed in the photoshop action folder.
Photoshop Elements does not have an action feature, but I followed their procedure and copied all the files into the Elements/photoshop actions folder OK. But there is no way to load these files into Photoshop Elements.
I have asked how they activate these files in photoshop, and received the following
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Select the first step and press the play button, modify the image created, and then run step 2 and step 3.
I can also double click an action in its folder and it will open in Photoshop."
The problem is' Photoshop Elements does not have an 'Actions Window' and the second is, after double clicking on an action in it's folder, Photoshop opens and I'm back to square one!!"
I realise that I may be whistling in the Wind, and no way take the program developer to task, because it has been designed for Adobe Photoshop and not Photshop Elements.
And it defeats the whole exercise by purchasing Adobe Photoshop for the sake of getting a low budget program to work, when Photoshop Elements suit my requirements at the moment
Once again, thanks for your interest Barbara, but don't drive
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I have an old version of Photoshop on an old computer. I dont have the money to by the newest version of photoshop. I just bought photoshop 10, does photoshop 11 support actions? It is the one thing i really miss.

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