Failed running .bat file from WinXP Explorer

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Hi,

I'm having brain cramps: I double-clicked a filename "Test.bat"
displayed in Windows Explorer under WinXP/SP2, which up-to-date with
Windows Update.

I got a message box claiming "K:\_Utilities\FreeRIDE\Test.bat is not a
valid Win32 application." If I open a command window to invoke
the .bat file, it works fine.

The file and its execution follows. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,
Richard

====== Test.bat =====
echo Hello, World
== === end ====


====== Command Prompt window ===
K:\_Utilities\FreeRIDE>Test

K:\_Utilities\FreeRIDE>echo Hello, World
Hello, World

K:\_Utilities\FreeRIDE>
========= end ==========

.

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