batch does not work to overwrite files

[Karo_Karo@adobeforums.com]

Hi,
I would like to use a batch action to process a whole folder of jpeg files and make them smaller by using the save for web command. The idea is that have a folder that is identical to the one before but smaller in size. But whatever setting I choose in the batch window, if I record the save as command in the action or not, I always get one of two errors. Either, annoyingly the catch stops after each photo to ask me what quality of jpeg I want to save it as, or, when using "save for web" which I prefer because it makes smaller files, it tells me that a file with that name already exists. Of course it exists, that's the file I want to replace with the downsized one. Saving the files with a different name and then manually removing the original files is not an option. I didn't spend $600 on a program that I have to manually remove files. It is amazing to me that a program so sophisticated is so hard to use for such a simple task. Anyway, your suggestions are very much appreciated.
Ken

[Buko@adobeforums.com]

Never write over your original files. what if at some point you need that full rez image. save to a new folder.

That $600 software is saving you from doing something stupid.

[Ed_Hannigan@adobeforums.com]

Sometimes you DO want to overwrite files for whatever reason. Not necessarily an original; maybe the original is on a disk or somewhere else.

Why not save them to a different folder and then when you are done either drag them to the target folder replacing all or rename the folders as needed.

[jonf@adobeforums.com]

But isn't there something wrong, here? I've used Actions to re-size and re-save documents for a long time and I never noticed the problems he describes. In fact, I've accidentally lost files as Buko describes because I assigned a keystroke to the Action, and used the wrong keystroke on an image I was working on (no disasters since copies were backed up elsewhere). Unless something changed in CS, shouldn't he be able to do what he's describing with an Action?