How Do I Zip a Folder in Windows 10 Using Cmd?

How Do I Zip a Folder in Windows 10 Using Cmd?
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How do I zip a folder using command prompt?

If you are using Microsoft Windows:

  1. Download 7-Zip from the 7-Zip home page.
  2. Add the path to 7z.exe to your PATH environment variable. …
  3. Open a new command-prompt window and use this command to create a PKZIP *.zip file: 7z a -tzip {yourfile.zip} {yourfolder}

How do I zip a file in Windows 10 using CMD?

Open the folder where the files you want to add to a ZIP are located. Select single files by single-clicking on them or CTRL + A to select all files. Right-click on any one file and choose Send to followed by Compressed (zipped) folder. Windows will create a new ZIP archive with your selected files in it.

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