Zip a File or Folder in Powershell

Using Windows 8+, you can use Powershells built in compression functionality to compress a folder or file.

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$source = "C:\Name Of Folder to Compress"

$destination = "C:\NameOfCompressedFolder.zip"

If(Test-path $destination) {Remove-item $destination}

Add-Type -assembly "system.io.compression.filesystem"

[io.compression.zipfile]::CreateFromDirectory($Source, $destination)