Some beginning collection for Windows users.

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If you use UTF-8 encoding, make sure that no <code>BOM</code> header If you use UTF-8 encoding, make sure that no <code>BOM</code> header
characters exist in your files or very, very bad things will happen to characters exist in your files or very, very bad things will happen to
Jekyll. This is especially relevant if youre running Jekyll on Windows. Jekyll. This is especially relevant if youre running
<a href="../windows/">Jekyll on Windows</a>.
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<h5>Running Jekyll on Windows</h5> <h5>Running Jekyll on Windows</h5>
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It is possible to get While Windows is not officially supported, it is possible to get it running
<a href="http://www.madhur.co.in/blog/2011/09/01/runningjekyllwindows.html"> on Windows. Special instructions can be found on our
Jekyll running on Windows</a>, but the official documentation does not <a href="../windows/#installation">Windows-specific docs page</a>.
support installation on Windows platforms.
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---
layout: docs
title: Jekyll on Windows
prev_section: configuration
next_section: posts
permalink: /docs/windows/
---
While Windows is not an officially-supported platform, it can be used to run
Jekyll with the proper tweaks. This page aims to collect some of the general
knowledge and lessons that have been unearthed by Windows users.
## Installation
Madhur Ahuja has written up instructions to get
[Jekyll running on Windows][windows-installation] and it seems to work for most.
## Encoding
If you use UTF-8 encoding, make sure that no <code>BOM</code> header
characters exist in your files or very, very bad things will happen to
Jekyll. This is especially relevant if you're running Jekyll on Windows.
[windows-installation]: http://www.madhur.co.in/blog/2011/09/01/runningjekyllwindows.html