solitaire saved games not working

I have yet to figure out the trick to saving the games. Tried the options "Always save game on exit" and "Always continue saved game" but never get the score back that was there when I exited. I've deleted all references to saved games and reset everything back to zero and still when I start Sol it comes up with some wierd score.
I'm almost convinced I'm doing something wrong or don't understand the concept. Anyone else seeing this behavior? -- I''ve stopped digging but still in a hole!