Using Action Wizard on encrypted files in Acrobat X

I am trying to use the Action Wizard to execute batch commands on encrypted files in Acrobat X but it keeps saying it can't open the document. In Preferences, I have the Security Method set to Password Security under Action Wizard, but it never prompts me for a password. Is there something else I need to set?

I found the problem. I needed to change "Starts with:" from "A File Open in Acrobat" (the default in Create New Action) to "Ask When Action is Started".

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(German version below)
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1. Wenn ich einen Ordner mit sehr vielen Unterordnern und verschiedenen Inhalten einfüge möchte ich eigentlich nur die PDFs verarbeiten. Leider fügt Acrobat auch alle JPGs DOCs etc. hinzu. Ich muss also alle unerwünschten Dokumente herausfiltern, da auch keine sortierung vorhanden ist. Bei mehreren Tausend Dokumenten nicht leistbar. Gibt es hier eine Möglichkeit nur PDFs in die Stapelverabeitung aufzunehmen?
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