title: Compressing files through command line on a Windows system
body: <p>I am trying to compress one folder on my local disk, for example: <code>C:\Templates</code></p>
  
  <p>I am using the below command from command line (cmd.exe) to do this operation:</p>
  
  <pre><code>compact /c C:\Templates
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But it is not working, and shows the following message:</p>
  
  <pre><code>1 files within 1 directory were compressed.    
  0 total bytes of data are stored in 0 bytes.      
  The compression ratio is 1.0 to 1.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>My machine is running Windows 7, 64 bit.</p>