try this: open your cmd: change directory with : cd C:\kafka_2.11-2.0.0  if you change directory you will do this C:\kafka_2.11-2.0.0> bin\zookeeper-server-start.bat   config\zookeeper.properties C:\kafka_2.11-2.0.0> bin\kafka-server-start.bat   config\server.properties if you don't change directory do this. >C:\kafka_2.11-2.0.0\bin\zookeper-server-start.bat  C:\kafka_2.11-2.0.0\config\zookeeper.properties > C:\kafka_2.11-2.0.0\bin\kafka-server-start.bat   C:\kafka_2.11-2.0.0\config\server.properties ... View more