.bat file wont save a .log file when triggered in VBA - batch-file

Question

Ok, so this is a somewhat complicated question, but hopefully somebody can help me out. I created a .bat file to help with batch process data uploads to SalesForce servers. I then tied excel macros to the .bat files by having the .bat files called in Excel VBA.
Here's my problem: Whenever the .bat files are called in VBA, the .log file isn't saved - it's not even executed (almost like the line of code didn't exist in the .bat file).
Now here's the weird part: if I just click on the .bat file to begin the upload process -- as opposed to calling the .bat from within VBA -- the .log file is overwritten and a new one is created.
How can I get the .bat file to save a .log regardless of whether its fired simply by clicking on the .bat file, or from within VBA? This is very frustrating - any and all help is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Here's my MS-DOS (batch) code:
<!DOCTYPE beans PUBLIC "-//SPRING//DTD BEAN//EN" "http://www.springframework.org /dtd/spring-beans.dtd">
<beans>
<bean id="Update_Listing_Val_FNMA" class="com.salesforce.dataloader.process.ProcessRunner" singleton="false">
<description>Created by Dataloader Cliq.</description>
<property name="name" value="Update_Listing_Val_FNMA"/>
<property name="configOverrideMap">
<map>
<entry key="dataAccess.name" value="M:\My Folder\CSV Files\salesforce.com\Apex Data Loader 22.0\cliq_process\Update_Listing_Val_FNMA\read\Update_Listing_Val_FNMA.csv"/>
<entry key="dataAccess.readUTF8" value="true"/>
<entry key="dataAccess.type" value="csvRead"/>
<entry key="dataAccess.writeUTF8" value="true"/>
<entry key="process.enableExtractStatusOutput" value="true"/>
<entry key="process.enableLastRunOutput" value="true"/>
<entry key="process.lastRunOutputDirectory" value="M:\My Folder\CSV Files\salesforce.com\Apex Data Loader 22.0\cliq_process\Update_Listing_Val_FNMA\log"/>
<entry key="process.mappingFile" value="M:\My Folder\CSV Files\salesforce.com\Apex Data Loader 22.0\cliq_process\Update_Listing_Val_FNMA\config\Update_Listing_Val_FNMA.sdl"/>
<entry key="process.operation" value="update"/>
<entry key="process.statusOutputDirectory" value="M:\My Folder\CSV Files\salesforce.com\Apex Data Loader 22.0\cliq_process\Update_Listing_Val_FNMA\log"/>
<entry key="sfdc.bulkApiCheckStatusInterval" value="5000"/>
<entry key="sfdc.bulkApiSerialMode" value="5000"/>
<entry key="sfdc.debugMessages" value="false"/>
<entry key="sfdc.enableRetries" value="true"/>
<entry key="sfdc.endpoint" value="https://www.salesforce.com/services/Soap/u/22.0"/>
<entry key="sfdc.entity" value="QA_FNMA__c"/>
<entry key="sfdc.extractionRequestSize" value="500"/>
<entry key="sfdc.insertNulls" value="false"/>
<entry key="sfdc.loadBatchSize" value="100"/>
<entry key="sfdc.maxRetries" value="3"/>
<entry key="sfdc.minRetrySleepSecs" value="2"/>
<entry key="sfdc.noCompression" value="false"/>
<entry key="sfdc.password" value="XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"/>
<entry key="sfdc.proxyHost" value=""/>
<entry key="sfdc.proxyNtlmDomain" value=""/>
<entry key="sfdc.proxyPassword" value=""/>
<entry key="sfdc.proxyPort" value=""/>
<entry key="sfdc.proxyUsername" value=""/>
<entry key="sfdc.timeoutSecs" value="60"/>
<entry key="sfdc.useBulkApi" value="false"/>
<entry key="sfdc.username" value="XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"/>
</map>
</property>
</bean>
</beans>
** EDIT - 2/13/14 1649 **
Here's the call from VBA part:
Shell "M:\My Folder\XXXXXXXXXXXX\CSV Files\salesforce.com\Apex Data Loader 22.0\cliq_process\O PKG Status\Update_O_PKG_Status_REAC\Update_O_PKG_Status_REAC.bat"
Application.Wait (Now + TimeValue("0:00:12"))
Sheets("sheet5").Select
Application.DisplayAlerts = False
ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:="M:\My Folder\XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX\CSV Files\salesforce.com\Apex Data Loader 22.0\cliq_process\O PKG Status\Update_O_PKG_Status_FNMA_Reactive\read\Update_O_PKG_Status_FNMA_Reactive", FileFormat:=xlCSV
newFileName = "FREAC O Pkg" & Format(Now, " MM-DD HHMM") & ".csv"
** EDIT - 2/18/14 1221 **
Here's the log-conf file; it's an XML doc.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd">
<log4j:configuration>
<appender name="fileAppender" class="org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender">
<param name="File" value="log/sdl.log" />
<param name="Append" value="true" />
<param name="MaxFileSize" value="100KB" />
<param name="MaxBackupIndex" value="1" />
<layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
<param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d %-5p [%t] %C{2} %M (%F:%L) - %m%n"/>
</layout>
</appender>
<appender name="STDOUT" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender">
<layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
<param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d %-5p [%t] %C{2} %M (%F:%L) - %m%n"/>
</layout>
</appender>
<category name="org.apache.log4j.xml">
<priority value="warn" />
<appender-ref ref="fileAppender" />
<appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
</category>
<logger name="org.apache" >
<level value ="warn" />
</logger>
<root>
<priority value ="info" />
<appender-ref ref="fileAppender" />
<appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
</root>
</log4j:configuration>
** EDIT - 2/19/14 1226 **
Here's the actual .batch file that is calling everything;
SET DLPATH="M:\My Folder\XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX\CSV Files\salesforce.com\Apex Data Loader 22.0"
SET DLCONF="M:\My Folder\XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX\CSV Files\salesforce.com\Apex Data Loader 22.0\cliq_process\Update_Listing_Val_FNMA\config"
SET DLDATA="M:\My Folder\XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX\CSV Files\salesforce.com\Apex Data Loader 22.0\cliq_process\Update_Listing_Val_FNMA\write"
call %DLPATH%\_jvm\bin\java.exe -cp %DLPATH%\DataLoader.jar -Dsalesforce.config.dir=%DLCONF% com.salesforce.dataloader.process.ProcessRunner process.name=Update_Listing_Val_FNMA
REM To rotate your export files, uncomment the line below
REM copy %DLDATA%\Update_Listing_Val_FNMA.csv %DLDATA%\%date:~10,4%%date:~7,2%%date:~4,2%-%time:~0,2%-Update_Listing_Val_FNMA.csv