Rotating multiple .pdfs at once

I've got about 2000 pdf files which need to be rotated. As I would really rather not sit at my desk and do each one individually I'm looking for a way to do them all at once.
The only stipulation is that the pdf files MUST have the same file name and path that they did before the rotation. Each pdf is linked to a database so changing the file names messes up my VBA code big time!
Surely there must be a simple way to do this that I just can't spot myself!
Any thoughts welcome!
Thanks guys! 

If you have Acrobat Pro you can do it in a batch sequence (Advanced menu, Document Processing, Batch Processing...).

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