Nginx Error: unknown directive "Nobelium? In F:\nginx/conf/nginx.conf:3

c:\users\administrator>d:

D:\>CD D:\nginx-1.4.7

D:\nginx-1.4.7>start Nginx.exe

D:\nginx-1.4.7>nginx-s Reload
nginx: [Emerg] unknown directive "Nobelium? In D:\nginx-1.4.7/conf/nginx.conf:3

D:\nginx-1.4.7>nginx-s Reload
nginx: [Emerg] unknown directive "Nobelium? In D:\nginx-1.4.7/conf/nginx.conf:3

d:\nginx-1.4.7>tasklist/fi "imagename eq nginx.exe"

Image Name PID session name Session # Memory Usage
========================= ======== ================ =========== ============
nginx.exe 3036 rdp-tcp#0 2 5,344 K
nginx.exe 3088 rdp-tcp#0 2 5,624 K

d:\nginx-1.4.7>nginx-s Stop
nginx: [Emerg] unknown directive "Nobelium? In D:\nginx-1.4.7/conf/nginx.conf:3

d:\nginx-1.4.7>





Causes and solutions:

conf file is edited by Notepad and saved as a file with BOM header
Use a different editor to save a file as a UTF-8 format with no BOM header
Note: Notepad editor UTF-8 will add BOM header

Nginx Error: unknown directive "Nobelium? In F:\nginx/conf/nginx.conf:3