Overwriting in batch processing

Switching from Audition 3 to CS6 has been problematic for me, in the Batch Conversion department.
In Audition 3, I could open many hundreds of WAV files, convert them in mp3, and the processor would then erase the old WAV versions.
Now, in CS6, I check the "Same as source file location", as well as "Overwrite existing files".
But that last one seems to simply... not work! After the conversion, I end up with both the new mp3 files, but also the old WAV files that I dont want.
What gives? I know this is kind of a particular fonction, but anyone else can reproduce this problem?
Thanks

Maybe... But my problem is: why would checking that same option in CS6 would do the opposite of 3.0?
"Overwrite existing files" used to "Overwrite the ORIGINAL file", with no consideration of its original filename. If I use the Batch Converter to actually convert from .WAV to .mp3, that same Batch Converter should be smart enough to know the resulting file won't have the same extension than the "existing file", the one that it offers me to erase! That's the way it works with all the other audio production software I use, including AA 3.0...
Weird!
(Edit: Approximate French-Canadian English grammar... )

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