Am I missing something or is MPLABX completely unusable?

    EEADR=0x30;
    EEADRH=0;
    EEDATA=0xAA;
    EECON1bits.EEPGD=0;
    EECON1bits.CFGS=0;
    EECON1bits.WREN=1;
    EECON2=0x55;
    EECON2=0xAA;
    EECON1bits.WR=1;
    EECON1bits.WREN=0;

unsigned char readEEPROM(unsigned char ee_addr)
{
  EEADR = ee_addr; //Address to be read
  EECON1bits.EEPGD = 0;//Point to Data Memory
  EECON1bits.CFGS=0; // Access EEPROM
  EECON1bits.RD = 1; //Initialise read cycle
  return EEDATA; //Returning data
}
void writeEEPROM(unsigned char ee_addr, unsigned char nv_data)
{
  unsigned char INTCON_SAVE;//To save INTCON register value
  EEADR = ee_addr; //Address to write
  EEDATA = nv_data; //Data to write
  EECON1bits.EEPGD = 0; //Selecting EEPROM Data Memory
  EECON1bits.WREN = 1; //Enable writing of EEPROM
  INTCON_SAVE=INTCON;//Backup INCON interupt register
  INTCON=0; //Disables the interrupts
  EECON2=0x55; //Required sequence for write to internal EEPROM
  EECON2=0xAA; //Required sequence for write to internal EEPROM
  EECON1bits.WR = 1; //Initialise write cycle
  INTCON = INTCON_SAVE;//Enables Interrupt from saved
  EECON1bits.WREN = 0; //To disable write
  while(PIR2bits.EEIF == 0)//Checking for complition of write operation
  {
    Nop(); //do nothing
  }
  PIR2bits.EEIF = 0; //Clearing EEIF bit
}