Using "Fit Artboard to Artwork Bounds" in an action?

Hey all,
I'm using a handy action that does some what I call "clean up" on various open files, nothing fancy - names all the used swatches and deletes unused etc - but I'm having trouble getting it to do another major part of my workflow:
Let me explain - I want to have an action that is able to do the following:
1. Unlock All objects
2. Select All objects
3. Artboard Tool (SHIFT-O) - and then
4. Fit Artboard to Artwork Bounds
I got it to work up to step 3. It can Unlock and Select, but it seems that recording an action while using the Artboard (Shift-O) tool won't record. Is there any way to automate this? Or does one have to use the Artboard tool manually each time? Thanks!
CS4, Mac

Same problem in CS6: neither "Fit to artwork bounds" nor "Fit to selected art" will record for me (although strangely, "Fit to selected art" recorded on the first attempt but never worked again, even after restarting).
Seems to be one of these temperamental flakey things that sometimes conks out. I imagine trashing preferences would fix it, but it's not worth it since the workaround works (albeit clunkily):
Flyout menu in the the Actions palette
"Insert menu item"
From the top menu, choose Objects > Artboads > Fit to Artwork Bounds
Even this seems to be a bit temperamental, though. Sometimes it seems to not actually size the artboard down properly, and sometimes it seems to give different results for running the same action on the same file. Something that seems to work more reliably is the following in your action:
Fit to Artwork Bounds
Select all
Fit to selected artwork
In theory that's just duplication, but it seems to work more reliably than just one or the other .

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