actions not saving

new actions are not saving.  my illustrator is up to date.   i create new actions and they do not save in illustrator folder.  it will act like it saves but it will not . it will let me save on my desktop and  then copy them into the illustrator folder.  i can then load them and it will be fine...i can use as normal but when illustrator quits or starts over they will erase. also when i make adjustments to existing actions  those changes also also do not save and erase.  i dunno if it has to do with  the fact that they contain scripts.  anyone else having this issue? anyone know of maybe a plugin or a script that we can place all actions in and run them just like plugins/extension that run scripts such as jsx launcher  or script panel?