Batch Processing Mass PDFs to Word. Constant "Save As".

I have a huge amount of files to convert from PDF to MS Word for my job. I understand how to do a batch process using Action Wizard, however, the process has been painful because it has to actually open up every single document to convert.
Before it moves to the next file it asks, "Save As" for every document which is taking forever and I need to meet deadlines.
Is there a way around this?? I am using Windows 7 with Adobe Acrobat Pro XI 11.0.07.79
Thanks

If it goes into Not Responding and then comes back, don't worry at all. This is working properly.
Many people think that "Not responding" always means some awful thing has happened and it must be fixed. No, you've just asked it to do something that takes a long time, and it's so busy that it doesn't respond when Windows asks if it is free for more work.
It's a hint from Windows that something MIGHT be wrong, but not if it does finish and come back to normal.
It also isn't the computer that goes "not responding", it's a single app. You can run other apps. But you certainly can't make Acrobat do something else while this is happening. It is a simple interactive tool designed for light use, so it isn't expected to be used for thousands of files.

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