Lost Actions in Photoshop

I use to have Photoshop CS4. One day I logged onto my computer and got on Photoshop and all of my actions were gone. I thought that was the first and last time I would have that problem.
Well I now have Photoshop CC (and have had it for a few months) and now it happened AGAIN! All my actions were deleted/lost off of Photoshop. Luckily I have most of my actions saved, but it is such a hassle to load all of them back in and rearrange the actions so that they work properly. Is there a reason this is happening, and is there a way to fix it?? I do not want to have to go through that again.
Help please!
Thanks!

Do you make backups of the data on your computer?
This page shows the folder that contains the content of your actions panel, among other things:
Preference filenames and locations in Photoshop CC
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