Save PDF to Web Receipts broken?

I hadn't noticed this, but I was trying to recreate the built-in workflow for saving PDFs directly to the "Web Receipts" folder, when I came across the fact the Automator file seems to be broken.
Under /Library/PDF Services, you will find all the workflows related to "printing" using PDFs from any app. All workflows have the extension .workflow, but not "Save PDF to Web Receipts". For that one, the extension is .pdfworkflow. I have confirmed this on both my iMac and my MacBook, both running the latest and greatest OS X.
Trying to load the flow in automator fails. Even more troubling, changing the extension to .workflow and trying to open the file gives the error:
The document "Save PDF to Web Receipts Folder.workflow could not be opened"
Any ideas when it stopped working...and how to fix it?

Sorry, i don´t know how to fix it.
For me it works.
But let me tell you, that this is NO Automator workflow. In Leopard the Automator workflow was replaced by a python script. So your attempts to open it with Automator will fail.
You may like to open the pdfworkflow by clicking on "Show Package Contents". You will find the script named Tool, that you can open with a texteditor.
Maybe you have to check your permissions. One thing you may try, to see, where exactly the script brakes:
Delete the ~/Documents/Web Receipts folder and run the pdfworkflow. It will recreate that folder and save the document there.
Will the folder be recreated?
Spazek

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