Folder.Zip Method

Zips the folder.
public static void Zip( 
string sourceFolder
string zipFile 
)
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Parameters

sourceFolder
string

The source folder.

zipFile
string

The zip file.

public static void Zip(string sourceFolder,
     string zipFile)
 {
     if (!Directory.Exists(sourceFolder))
         throw new ArgumentException("sourceDirectory");
     byte[] zipHeader = new byte[] { 80, 75, 5, 6, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 };
     using (FileStream fs = System.IO.File.Create(zipFile))
         fs.Write(zipHeader, 0, zipHeader.Length);
     dynamic shellApplication = Activator.CreateInstance(Type.GetTypeFromProgID("Shell.Application"));
     dynamic source = shellApplication.NameSpace(sourceFolder);
     dynamic destination = shellApplication.NameSpace(zipFile);
     destination.CopyHere(source.Items(), 20);
 }
					
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.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8

.NET Core

Supported in: 5.0+, 6.0+

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