xplode xmlfile not executing on installed pc.

[eagle00789]

For a small test, i'm running xplode on my already installed pc with the following xml-file

<XPlode>
<config>
 <hidewindow>XP-Update Installation</hidewindow>
 <hidewindow>CMD.EXe</hidewindow>
 <show total='6' after='2' />
 <font face='Tahoma' antialias='true' small='8' large='12' />
 <window width='440' position='4' fixmain='0' />
 <windowmode>Standalone</windowmode>
 <colours>
  <header back='#003399' fore='#FFFFFFAA' image='%XPLODE%\images\head.png' />
  <footer back='#003399' fore='#FFFFFFAA' image='%XPLODE%\images\foot.png' />
  <progress border='#FFFFFFAA' back='#00000000' fore='#FFFFFFAA' /> 
  <main back='#4A6FD6' fore='#FFFFFFAA' current='#FF8000' description='#FFFFFF' image='%XPLODE%\images\main.png' overlay='#FFFFFF22'/>
 </colours>
 <strings>
  <!-- main XPlode string -->
  <title>XP-Update Installation</title>
  <complete>complete</complete>
 </strings>
</config>
<items>   
 <item display='sleep 500'>
 <execute display='Installing XP Rollup 1..' program='%XPLODE%\sleep.exe' arguments='20' />
 </item>
</items>
</XPlode>

however, it's not executing the sleep command (i don't see it in the task list when pressing ctrl+alt+delete). there is a windows opening so fast, that i can't even take a screenshot of it. any clues?

the program sleep.exe is in the same directory is xplode.exe.

[eagle00789]

The problem seemd to be on my hand, that i was saving it as ansi and not as unicode