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When you use the character, you can exclude the root directory, compress only files in a directory, or choose all files of a specific type.

The Compress-Archive cmdlet lets you use a wildcard character (*) to expand the functionality even further. PowerShell takes everything inside of the root directory and compresses it, subfolders and all.

In the previous example, we put the path to a directory with multiple files and folders in it without specifying individual files. Alternatively, to zip the entire contents of a folder-and all of its subfolders-you can use the following command, replacing and with the path to the files you want to compress and the name and folder you want it to go to, respectively: Compress-Archive -LiteralPath -DestinationPath