title: Visual Studio inserts invalid characters in batch files
body: <p>I've got some batch files that I use to help automate the process of creating and reloading development databases.  It makes sense to create and maintain these batch files in Visual Studio (i.e., in a VS Database project).  They look pretty simple, like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>@echo off
  echo Setting server and db from defaults.
  set SERVERNAME=(LOCAL)
  set DB=PLEDGES
  echo Creating tables on server %SERVERNAME% and database %DB%
  sqlcmd -S %SERVERNAME% -d %DB% -E -i DropAllTables.sql
  sqlcmd -S %SERVERNAME% -d %DB% -E -i dbo.UserType.Table.sql
  sqlcmd -S %SERVERNAME% -d %DB% -E -i dbo.RegisteredUser.Table.sql
  echo Done creating tables.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The problem is that when I run them, this is the output:</p>
  
  <pre><code>C:\&gt;∩╗┐
  '∩╗┐' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
  operable program or batch file.
  Creating tables on server (LOCAL) and database PLEDGES
  Done creating tables.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>In other words, Visual Studio is somehow invisibly inserting a set of characters that the Windows command processor is interpreting as a command, i.e., "∩╗┐".  A Google search returned nothing on this.  Has anybody else run into this?  Thoughts on a fix?</p>
  
  <p>I've got a workaround (just add a blank line to the beginning of each file, and it'll show the error, but otherwise work fine), but the anal-retentive side of myself gets annoyed each time I run one of these files.</p>