PowerShell Compress and Read-Only

Software & Operating Systems Windows
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Good Morning Level 1ers!

I am pretty new in PowerShell scripting so if what I am asking is not possible by all means tell me that.

I would like to create a PowerShell script that would accept the send-to command.

The purpose of the script is to change the files to read-only and then compress those files. I’d like to be able to select multiple files in file explorer then right-click, send to (Script)

Is this something that is possible? Thanks!

Update 1

Read Only function is working, now I have to implement the compression

Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms
$FileBrowser = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog -Property @{
    Multiselect = $true # Multiple files can be chosen
	Filter = 'Images (*.jpg, *.png)|*.jpg;*.png' # Specified file types
}
 
[void]$FileBrowser.ShowDialog()

$path = $FileBrowser.FileNames;

If($FileBrowser.FileNames -like "*\*") {

	# Do something before work on individual files commences
	$FileBrowser.FileNames #Lists selected files (optional)
	
	foreach($file in Get-ChildItem $path){
	Get-ChildItem ($file) |
		ForEach-Object {
            Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name IsReadOnly -Value $true
		}
	}
	# Do something when work on individual files is complete
}

else {
    Write-Host "Cancelled by user"
}

Update 2 It’s finished and works like intended. Here is the code if anyone is interested!

Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms
$FileBrowser = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog -Property @{
    Multiselect = $true # Multiple files can be chosen

}

[void]$FileBrowser.ShowDialog()

$path = $FileBrowser.FileNames;

If($FileBrowser.FileNames -like "*\*") {

    # Do something before work on individual files commences
    $FileBrowser.FileNames #Lists selected files (optional)

    foreach($file in Get-ChildItem $path){
    Get-ChildItem ($file) |
        ForEach-Object {
            Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name IsReadOnly -Value $true
            compact /C $_.FullName
        }
    }
    # Do something when work on individual files is complete
}

else {
    Write-Host "Cancelled by user"
}
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