Illustrator Actions (Unlock All Layers) not persistent

Hi all
I hope this is the right section to post this.
But like the title says I have problems with Actions and the Unlock All Layers. As soon we shut down Illustrator and start it up again this part is gone. Reloading the saved Action will solve the problem, as long you don't restart Illustrator again.
This is what the action looks like when it is loaded:
This it like it is when Illustrator has restarted:
This has been tested on different operating systems and in CS4 and CS5.
Any idea how to solve this?

OK here it goes:
-Unlock All Layers
-Unlock All
-Deselect All
-Show All
-Clear
-Select Stray Points
-Clear
-Select All
-Copy
-New
-Paste
-Clear Guides
-Symbols > Selesct all Unused
-Symbols > Delete Symbol
-Graphic Style > Selesct all Unused
-Graphic Style > Delete Style
-Brush > Selesct all Unused
-Brush > Delete Brush
-Swatches > Selesct all Unused
-Swatches > Delete Swatch
-Clean up
-Delete empty Layers

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