Problems batch processing files in Illustrator CC2014

I have a set of actions that I run Batch with that take all of the .eps files in a specific folder and saves .AI & .PDF formats, exports .JPG & .PNG and Saves for Web .GIF files.
I'm running into two major issues that I can't find any solutions to. I have tried numerous combinations of the Batch settings to try alleviating these problems, but nothing has worked yet.
When I run the actions with either .AI or .PDF "Save as" actions it works just fine. But, if I run them both I only end up with whichever action is first in the list.
When I created the .JPG and .PNG "Save as" actions, they worked fine and included the file extension. When I run the Batch operation, the last one in the batch overwrites the first file format because neither have an extension.

I think you are misunderstanding something here/ not understanding how PDF text embedding works. If PDF files contain embedded fonts, those take precedence over local system fonts. Each font or sub-set of a font (if "only embed used glyphs" is chosen) is assigned a unique identifier number to reference it. Names are only stored based on how the file was created. It is up to the program opening the PDF file to read that info and make sense of it. This may allow to re-create an editable document, but as I already wrote, based on what priorities apply, it may not. The only way to make sure a document remains editable is to attach the source in a separate chunk, which is what Retain Illustrator Editing Capabilities does. The rest is far out and far inbetweeen, as they say...
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