I followed the official Mongodb configuration guide as described here, http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-windows/ Optional. Create a specific directory for MongoDB log files: md C:\mongodb\log Optional. Create a configuration file for the logpath option for MongoDB in the Command Promptby issuing this command: echo logpath=C:\mongodb\log\mongo.log > C:\mongodb\mongod.cfg However, the mongod kept failing from a Powershell environment. error command line: unrecognized line in ' ■l' … Continue reading Mongodb can’t accept a unicode configuration →