Update 'LZX-Compression-Automated.bat'

LZX-Compression-Automated.bat

@@ -1,5 +1,41 @@
-@echo off
-compact /c /s /i /a /exe:lzx "C:\Windows.old\*", "C:\Program Files\*", "C:\Program FIles (x86)\*", "C:\Users\*", "D:\*"
-echo All files and directories within "D:\", "Windows.old", "Program Files", "Program Files (x86)" and "Users" are compressed via LZX format,
-echo presuming that all of these directories exist and files exist within these directories.
-pause
+# Prompt the user to enter a drive letter for compression
+$drive = Read-Host "Please enter a drive letter for compression (e.g. C, D, E, F, etc.)"
+
+# Validate the drive letter input
+if ($drive -match "^[A-Z]$") {
+    # Append a colon to the drive letter
+    $drive = $drive + ":"
+} else {
+    # Display an error message and exit the script
+    Write-Error "Invalid drive letter. Please enter a single uppercase letter from A to Z."
+    Exit
+}
+
+# Define the file types to exclude from compression
+$exclude = @("*.zip", "*.mp4", "*.mp3", "*.flv", "*.jpg", "*.png", "*.gif", "*.pdf", "*.rar", "*.7z", "*.tar", "*.gz", "*.wav", "*.aac", "*.ogg", "*.mkv", "*.avi", "*.docx", "*.xlsx", "*.pptx", "*.ttf", "*.otf", "*.woff")
+
+# Get all the files and folders on the drive
+$items = Get-ChildItem -Path $drive -Recurse
+
+# Loop through each item and check if it is compressible
+foreach ($item in $items) {
+    # Skip the item if it is a directory or a symbolic link
+    if ($item.PSIsContainer -or $item.LinkType) {
+        continue
+    }
+
+    # Skip the item if it matches any of the excluded file types
+    $skip = $false
+    foreach ($ext in $exclude) {
+        if ($item.Name -like $ext) {
+            $skip = $true
+            break
+        }
+    }
+    if ($skip) {
+        continue
+    }
+
+    # Compress the item using compact.exe with the /C, /I, /EXE:lzx and /EXCLUDE:exclude.txt options
+    compact /C /I /EXE:lzx /EXCLUDE:exclude.txt $item.FullName
+}