I have a Batch file, for Win XP and hopefully higher, which creates, on a USB   
   memory stick, a single folder FRED containing a selection of data files from   
   the originating Windows C drive.   
      
   I can see, but not remember, how to copy the folder FRED and all of its   
   contents into a compressed folder PETE, by poking Windows with the mouse in   
   suitable places.   
      
   So I want a batch file WILL.BAT which, called with arguments FRED and PETE,   
   with FRED already created, will give me a corresponding compressed folder   
   PETE, whether or not PETE already exists.  I can then, I suppose, E-mail PETE   
   as a single attachment.     
   The delivered PETE must, with simple mouse-poking of the recipient Windows,   
   produce a folder matching the original FRED.   
      
   I'm thinking of ZIP compression, but the type and efficiency are not   
   important; but both packing and unpacking must use native windows features.   
      
   I know not where to start ...   
      
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