Batch file reduction and batch save issues

I have a multi leveled directory of hundreds of ai images (black and white) which take up a few gbs on disk. To reduce size illustrator (lossless) has two useful features: delete unused panels action and save without embedded ICC profile which reduces the file size by around 90%.
Thus I want either script or batch action to iterate through my whole multileveled diecctory and perform the two key operations on each file whilst overwriting the original that was opened.
I'm no good with scripting so I've looked at the batch action. Delete unused panels is already within illustrator (cs4) so it's just getting an action that will save without the icc profile and overwrite in the same directory that the relevant file was opened in.
I've tried every recording to try and get this done but every single recorded save action leaves the save element as 'Save as'. I've tried messing with all the batch operation options and no matter what I do, the batch action removes the icc profile and the unused layers but saves every single file in the root directory and leaves the original in the directory structure.
I've looked through other posts and tried to record a 'save' action rather than a 'save as' and tried such things as 2 x 'Ctrl Y' to allow you to simply save rather than save as but nothing does the trick. Any help would be appreciated....

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