Zip files by command line in Windows?

Question

Does anyone know how I zip files by command line on Windows?

Note: I don’t want to compress the file itself, I want to send it to a compressed folder.

Example: .txt file --> .zip file

Answer 1

There is a "Windows Resources Kit Tool" called compress.exe. You can download it by link :

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9D467A69-57FF-4AE7-96EE-B18C4790CFFD&displaylang=en

After installed just use the command:

C:> "Program Files Windows Resource Kits Tools compress.exe" file.txt file.compressed