Fixing MySQL after editing my.ini in Windows Notepad

Remove the “invisible characters” notepad inserts at the top of the file in Nano or Text Edit or Sublime or Notepad++ or Microsoft owned editors like Atom or VS Code, or just throw your Windows out the window because your too lazy to care that it’s not Notepad’s fault that my.ini is not ANSI friendly and changing character encoding via the font>script menu is just weird.

In friendlier words, Aakash Goyal, reveals the culprit characters red handed.