This could be your lucky day...

Your action:
* No open, save or close commands needed.
* If any are present, either delete them or uncheck the embossed square to the left of the command name to deactivate it. Batch will take care of open, save and close for what you want to do.) Your action only needs just the resize command(s) and whatever other commands you want to apply.

Testing:
* Create a new folder, e.g., F:\Test
* Copy (ctrl + drag) a couple folders and their images into F:\Test * File > Automate > Batch
* Specify the Action set, action name
* Source: Folder, Choose: (browse to) F:\Test
* Important: Be sure option "Include all subfolders" is "on" * Destination: Save and close

Click OK... and away things should go, hands off and all files processed.

In a nutshell you specified the action, identified the files you wanted processed and told batch what to do with the processed images. "Save and close" = replace (overwrite) the original files -- no questions asked.

Assuming things go well, as a precaution I'd highly recommend you create backups of the source folders (unless you already have backups).

The grand finale - Option 1: soup-to-nuts, hands off, all in a single pass * Delete folders out of F;\Test
* Create Windows shortcuts for each top level folder, e.g., F:\Directory 1, F:\Directory 2, F:\Directory 3, etc. The easy way to do this for a lot of folders would be to open an Explorer window for F:\, view = details, sort the items by Name, ctrl + click on the folders for which you want shortcuts. When all are highlighted, right-click and choose "Create shortcut" from the flyout menu.
* Drag the folder shortcuts into F:\Test
* Engage the Batch dialog using the same settings as above. Batch will use the shortcuts to find all the individual top level folders (and their subfolders and files).

Option 2: One high-level folder at a time
* In Batch Source, Choose the individual top-levels folders on each pass.

Let me know how it goes.

~Danny~

Matthew_Norman

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