batch file - How can you zip or unzip from the script using ONLY Windows' built-in capabilities?

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In Windows you can zip some files by

right click →
Send to → Compressed (zipped)
folder

And
unzip by double clicking on the .zip file and extract the
files.

Is there a way to apply those
abilities from a script (.bat file) without the need to install any
third-party software?

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Back in
2013, that was not possible. Microsoft didn't provide any executable for
this.

See this link for some VBS way to do
this.
href="https://superuser.com/questions/201371/create-zip-folder-from-the-command-line-windows">https://superuser.com/questions/201371/create-zip-folder-from-the-command-line-windows

From
Windows 8 on, .NET Framework 4.5 is installed by default, with href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.compression.ziparchive(v=vs.110).aspx"
rel="nofollow noreferrer">System.IO.Compression.ZipArchive and PowerShell
available, one can write scripts to achieve this, see
href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/26843122/71312">https://stackoverflow.com/a/26843122/71312