.ai to .png batch processing

Hello!
I have 1500+ .ai files that I need to automate a batch processing of.
Tried recording an action in PS, but it somehow doesn't work.
Log file gives me this error message: "Error: The command "Image Size" is not currently available. (-25920)".
This error gets repeated for all other recorded actions that I've taken (I also had a "Save to web" action to export as a good quality .png file, but that action receives the same error in the log file).
How can I accomplish this mission? Any clue?
Thanks!

I didn't even know that you could do batch processing from within Illustrator!
Wow, lol. That helped me do my task perfectly.
Hopefully someone less idiotic can learn from my massive blunder, thanks for reading!

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