CODE EXAMPLE FOR PYTHON

Compress multiple directories but exclude directory - Python zipfile(or anything native to Windows 2012+

#Try pairing the python command with Get-ChildItem. something like this:

$fileInfo = Get-ChildItem -Path 'C:PathToSomeFiles*.*' -Exclude '*Exclude*'
python3 -m zipfile -c zipName.zip $fileInfo.FullName