How to create a zip archive with PowerShell?

Question

Is it possible to create a zip archive using PowerShell?

Answer 1

PowerShell v5.0 adds Compress-Archive and Expand-Archive cmdlets. The linked pages have full examples, but the gist of it is:

# Create a zip file with the contents of C:Stuff
Compress-Archive -Path C:Stuff -DestinationPath archive.zip

# Add more files to the zip file
# (Existing files in the zip file with the same name are replaced)
Compress-Archive -Path C:OtherStuff*.txt -Update -DestinationPath archive.zip

# Extract the zip file to C:Destination
Expand-Archive -Path archive.zip -DestinationPath C:Destination