PowerShell script not zipping on different computer

Question

I have the following script for zipping old files:

# Zipping old files and sending them to a file on desktop if older than 60 days

Function Zip {    
  Param(
    [Parameter(Mandatory)]
    [string]$zipFile
    ,
    [Parameter(Mandatory)]
    [String[]]$toBeZipped
  )
  $null = & "C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" A -tzip $zipFile $toBeZipped
}

$Days = 60    
$LastWrite = (Get-Date).Date.AddDays(-$Days)
$TargetFolder = "D:\Testing\*"

$Files = Get-Childitem $TargetFolder -Recurse |
  Where-Object { $_.LastWriteTime -le $LastWrite } |
    Select-Object -ExpandProperty Fullname

Zip "$($ENV:USERPROFILE)\Desktop\TEST.zip" $Files

I worked when I tested it on a VM and one physical machine. However, when I tried it on a different computer, it failed. This is what I got:

Program '7z.exe' failed to run: The filename or extension is too long
At C:\Users\Admin\Documents\zip help.ps1:23 char:9
+ $null = & "C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" A -tzip $zipFile $toBeZippe ...
+         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.
At C:\Users\Admin\Documents\zip help.ps1:23 char:1
+ $null = & "C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" A -tzip $zipFile $toBeZippe ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ResourceUnavailable: (:) [], ApplicationFailedEx 
   ception
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NativeCommandFailed

The script can't use 7-zip. The other computers had 7-Zip in the exact same file path so I am unsure of what my problem is. Any input will be appreciated.

Edit: I can confirm the error is because of the long file path. Tried my script on a file with shorter path and it worked just fine.

Answer 1

I was able to figure out what was causing this. The folder contained a lot of other folders inside of it. The -Recurse made the script look in every folder, causing this problem. All I had to do was adjust the script to remove the -Recurse and it worked.