Actually, I think "batch" has gone the way of "command lines." People don't want that, they don't expect it, they don't understand it.
Not that I blame them, or blame the direction that pc's have gone. (I'm a BIG backer of Gates and Windows...such as it is. Of course, talk with me about his forays outside of Windows [IE] and his intentions to shut down anything and everything that stands in his way of owning EVERYTHING [OpenOffice], and that's another story, entirely.)
At any rate, pretty soon it's gonna come full circle, and Windows is going to have to find a way to "batch" stuff again, simply. (Meanwhile, if you're looking to do that with graphics, get Irfanview.)