Can you zip a file from the command prompt using ONLY Windows' built-in capability to zip files?

Here is an all batch file solution (a variation of my other answer) that will zip a file named and put it in : Write access is required to the parent of the folder stored in . As this is often not the case for the root of drive C may have to be changed. Write access is also required for the folder the script is in (as it generates a file there). Also, please note that the file extension for the compressed file must be . Attempts to use another extension may result in a script error. Instead, ge…