Batch Process - Can't choose a folder?

Hi All,
I just got Acrobat, and I'm trying to do a batch OCR, following the numerous tutorials on the subject. They all say that setting the option "Run commands on:" to "Ask when run", should allow you to choose the input folder to run the batch on. I can't seem to get this to work. When I run it on my system, the Select button is grayed out for folders, and will only let me select individual files. Is there something I am missing here?
I'm running Acrobat Pro 8.1.2

>They all say that setting the option "Run commands on:" to "Ask when run", should allow you to choose the input folder to run the batch on. I can't seem to get this to work.
Appears not to work in version 8. You'll have to change the "run commands on" to selected folder.

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