I need a simple batch file for Win2K:
1. Placed in the Shutdown folder, it would create a text file that is
a list of all files created on the date that the batch file is run
(i.e. the date the system was shut down).
2. The resulting text file would be given a unique name including the
date the text file was created (to prevent overwriting by subsequent files).

Will it matter that this could possibly add several minutes to the shutdown time?

Also, there isn't such a thing as a shutdown folder, as I understand
it. There is shareware that can provide such...
http://www.hs-lab.com/Products/df/

Here's a batch that will do it and shutdown... You'll need a free
utility QSD to shutdown 2000 ... http://www.winutility.com/qsd/

BTW: I completely plagiarized all but the last two lines from
http://www.robvanderwoude.com/files/datetime.txt



@ECHO OFF
:: DateTime.bat
:: Set environment variables with current Date, Time and DayOfWeek

:: Recursion
IF NOT "%3"=="" GOTO SecondTime
:: Create temporary batch file
> TEMPDTT1.BAT ECHO @PROMPT %0 $D $T
:: Do _N_O_T_ replace "COMMAND /C" with CALL in the next line
> TEMPDTT2.BAT COMMAND /C TEMPDTT1.BAT
TEMPDTT2

:SecondTime
DEL TEMPDTT?.BAT
SET DOW=%1
SET DATE=%2
SET TIME=%3

:: Remove forward slashes from DATE variable and store result in DATE2
IF EXIST DATE2.BAT DEL DATE2.BAT
SET DATE2=
:: Parse DATE variable and create temporary batch
:: file to recreate DATE without forward slashes
>> DATE2.BAT FOR %%A IN (/%DATE%) DO ECHO SET DATE2=%%DATE2%%%%A
CALL DATE2.BAT
DEL  DATE2.BAT
dir /4 /s c:\ | find "%DATE%" > c:\%date%.txt
qsd -s

Since the system turns itself off, the added time is not a problem.

When I left-click Start, there is a second "Shutdown" option just
above a line that divides this menu into two parts. If I right click
on this "Shutdown", a folder opens. Any program in this folder runs
when the other "Shutdown" option is selected. I think this is native
to 2000 - I found this in an article in PCWorld.

(That'll be $5.)

Thanks for your quick response. I'll try the batch file tomorrow.

Addendum to my comment in response to crythias-ga:

My W2K system at home does NOT have the shutdown folder I described;
what I described was my work system, a new Dell (with W2K) that our
system guy just set up for me recently.

I don't know if this reflects a difference in builds (I don't know how
to check for this), or maybe he customized things for me.

I'm intrigued by the fact that QSD was apparently necessary. I wrote a
one-line batch file:

dir /s | find 07/10/2004 > 07102004.txt

and put it in my Shutdown folder. At the end of the day, I clicked
Start:Shutdown and walked away. The next morning my system was powered
down and 07102004.txt had been created. So what is QSD for?

OK, I'll paste that information here so I can find it in the future:

http://www.pcworld.com/howto/article/0,aid,115628,00.asp
First, create your shutdown folder. Note that launching items from a
folder at shutdown works only with Windows 2000 and XP, so Windows 9x
and Me users can skip this step and follow the instructions below for
running programs at shutdown. To keep your shutdown folder with your
Startup folder, right-click the Start button and click Open.
Double-click Programs and then select File, New, Folder. Type Shutdown
and press Enter to give the folder a name. Press Enter again to open
the folder, and then fill it with shortcuts to any programs you want
to run at shutdown: Use the right-mouse button to drag an item from
any menu or folder window to your Shutdown folder and choose Create
Shortcut(s) Here (in XP) or Copy Here (in 2000).

-=-=- End quote -=-=-
Though not *native*, I see the ability. OK, No, you don't need qsd.

Hold on, let me revise that... You do need QSD or another utility to
shutdown Windows. http://www.pcworld.com/howto/article/0,aid,113459,00.asp

Thanks for digging up the PCWorld article and jogging my memory on how
the Shutdown folder got there (I did it!).

I just put the batch file you sent in my Shutdown folder, then did a
normal Start;Shutdown. The system turned itself off, and it did seem
to take a bit longer than normal. Anyway, when I rebooted, the two
temporary batch files had been created in the Shutdown folder, but no
07152004.txt file. I searched the hard drive just to make sure it
wasn't there.

(BTW, I did not include the last line of your batch file ("qsd -s").
Since the system shut down OK, this would seem to say you were right
the first time, when you said qsd is not needed.)

OK, :) I ran it OK on Windows 98, but Win2K uses slashes for dates.
Whew, this is a bugger. Here's my code...
You'll have to guess about directory structure, however...

@ECHO OFF
:: DateTime.bat
:: Set environment variables with current Date, Time and DayOfWeek

:: Recursion
IF NOT "%3"=="" GOTO SecondTime
:: Create temporary batch file
> TEMPDTT1.BAT ECHO @PROMPT %0 $D $T
:: Do _N_O_T_ replace "COMMAND /C" with CALL in the next line
> TEMPDTT2.BAT Command /E:2048 /C TEMPDTT1.BAT
TEMPDTT2

:SecondTime
DEL TEMPDTT?.BAT
SET DOW=%1
SET DATE=%2
SET TIME=%3
echo %date% > date1.txt
for /F "tokens=1,2,3 delims=/" %%j in (date1.txt) DO set DATE2=%%j%%k%%l
del date1.txt
dir /s c:\ | FIND "%DATE%" > C:\%DATE2%.TXT

it fails. I know it. The trailing space on the year for my code gives
problems. if you remove %%l from the FOR line, it'll work, but you
don't get a year in the filename. Probably won't matter too much for
you, though.