Batch Process multiple files in multiple folders

I am using Acrobat 8.0.0 on Windows XP.
Is there a way to create some type of macro to combine multiple PDFs within multiple folders? Or better yet, I'd like to combine the files into a PDF package with security.
Thanks, let me know if I need to be more clear of provide more info.

Thanks!
From what I can tell Process Multiple Files allows input from three places:
1. A folder. 2. Import (like a scanner?) 3. Open files.
So it might be nice if it had a 4th option that would allow files to come out
of Organizer via tags, albums, etc. And if that option was chosen then it
would be nice to save the tags, and create version sets optionally.
But my guess is that from a product design perspective the thinking is
that most people would rather work in Organizer and then perform
actions on a logical set of photos from there. Certainly, that would be my
preference.
What I'd like to do is do be in Organizer, select my images via tag(s),
run QuickFix on them, (all of that I can do), then reduce the file size,
and save the finished product as a version set. Then only thing I can't do
in PSE7 is reduce the file size. Of if there is I don't know how to do
it automatically.
Well, thanks for the help!

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