Use PowerShell to Create ZIP Archive of file code example

Example 1: powershell zip multiple files

$compress = @{
  Path = "C:\Reference\Draftdoc.docx", "C:\Reference\Images\*.vsd"
  CompressionLevel = "Fastest"
  DestinationPath = "C:\Archives\Draft.Zip"
}
Compress-Archive @compress

Example 2: Compress files powershell

Compress-Archive -Path (Join-Path $filesDir "*.*") -DestinationPath (Join-Path $outDir "Files_Compressed.zip")