Automator help!!

Hi guys,

im trying to use automator to record a workflow, but i cant seem to get it to work, tried looking for solution but cant find anything good.

ok, i'll click on record and the little box saying "recording" will pop out and starts doing the stuff i want it to rem, but after 5 seconds the popup will go missing, my workflow window will close and it stopped recording all together..

can anyone help me? thank you in advance!