title: Not able to start kafka with .\bin\windows\kafka-server-start.bat .\config\server.properties cmd
body: <p>I have preconfigured zookeeper and kafka and after making all the changes  when i execute below command in cmd prompt 
  .\bin\windows\kafka-server-start.bat .\config\server.properties</p>
  
  <p>following error is thrown 
  'wmic' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
  operable program or batch file.       </p>
  
  <p>Do suggest for this .<br>
  For steps kafka preconfiguration used fowwloing link : <a href="https://dzone.com/articles/running-apache-kafka-on-windows-os" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://dzone.com/articles/running-apache-kafka-on-windows-os</a>                          </p>