More Submenu is Missing in Finder Context Menu

The tutorial on how to use automator at
http://macosxautomation.com/automator/examples/ex03/index.html
has the following paragraph
At the bottom of the Finder Contextual Menu is a sub-menu named More. Choose Automator > Create Workflow... from the sub-menu. A new Automator window will open, displaying a workflow that begins with an action that lists the items that were selected in the Finder.
More submenu is missing on my Snow Leopard. Is there any other way to get the same functionality besides opening Automator directly.
My main concern is how do I know that I have Automator workflow assigned to the folder that's applied every time when I add files.

For a Service, they are stored in your user/Library/Services. You should also have a Workflows folder in Library. I couldn't tell if I was just putting them there or that was the default. Mine is organized by Applications, and inside that there is a Folder Actions folder.
For your example, did you create a Folder Action for the Trash folder? What file does it update the modification date for?
For your question about know what it is working on, there are various ways to designate the files that it acts on depending on the type of workflow it is. A service passes whatever was right-clicked, including a multiple selection. In a standard workflow you would use a particular action like Get Selected Finder Items or Get Specified Finder Items. In a Folder Action, it gets what was added to the folder. The Automator interface only works on Adding, but if you use Applescript, you can create a folder action that handles Opening, closing, or moving a folder window, and when deleting files from a folder.
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