How to Create a Simple To Do Script on Windows

How to Create a Simple To Do Script on Windows

I built simple todo script that adds a text file to desktop for every todo
item. I need help to simplify the process of launching this script:
Step 1) Create todo.bat file on Desktop, with the following command
echo.>%1.txt
Step 2) Right-click on Desktop > Open Command Window here
Step 3) Type:
todo remember-the-milk
Step 4) Exit Command Line
Step 5) Notice that Desktop now contains
remember-the-milk.txt
I am running Windows 8.1, and I used a batch file to make this script
work, but I'm open to suggestions.
Thanks in advance.
P.S. Zach Holman from GitHub was able to accomplish this script using
UNIX. See: http://zachholman.com/posts/inbox-zero-everything-zero/