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I can compress files or folders in Windows from GUI by right clicking and selecting "Send to .. Compressed (zip) file..".

Is it possible to do same in batch file?

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I have very good experience using 7-Zip. It's open source and does an outstanding job of compression. Lots of formats and strong encryption if you need it. It has both GUI and command line versions.

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+1, LZMA2 gives the best compression (on average, for general files) available right now. – Chris S♦ Apr 24 '10 at 2:40
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Your best option would be to head over to 7Zip.org, go to the download section and get the '7-Zip Command Line Version'. It supports most compression formats, is easy to use and free! A command line example to compress a bunch of files with the bak extension to ZIP format would be:

7za a -tzip tinybak.zip *.bak
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You can use compress.exe which is built into windows, but WinRar is free and has command line based tools which I would recommend.

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compress.exe only supports NTFS file systems and I believe it is a separate download (comes with the Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit etc) – Chris Driver Jun 9 '09 at 13:07
WinRar is not free. As of today it's $29/license with lower prices for volume purchases. rarlab.com/shop2rarlab.php?prod=winrar – squillman Jun 9 '09 at 13:42
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