Apache kafka - windows, How to avoid prefixing every command in CLI

Question

Recently, the Kafka windows scripts moved to "windows" folder under bin. As of now, the way I am executing the command is to navigate to Kafka installation directory and run the commands, something like

PS C:\Users\admin> cd ..
PS C:\Users> cd ..
PS C:> cd .\confluent-5.5.0\
PS C:\confluent-5.5.0> .\bin\windows\kafka-consumer-groups.bat

Isn't there anyway to run the commands directly like ( BTW, I tried adding full path to environment variables, it didnt work )

PS C:\Users\admin>kafka-consumer-groups.bat

Answer 1

Add C:\confluent-5.5.0\bin\windows to your PATH. It must work. You'll probably need to re-start your shell or session to see that changes.