Zip files within a folder including the source folder

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I'm trying to zip a folder and its contents. Using

VB

ZipFile.CreateFromDirectory("source", "destination.zip")

zips the contents but not the containing directory.
How can I achieve this? Note: I don't want to zip all the folders where the source folder is.
For example...
In .minecraft/saves, I want to backup "World_A" including the folder, so that when opening the zip file with an archiver such as 7Zip or WinRAR, you first see the folder still containing the "World" data.

What I have tried:

Nothing I have searched on Google and various programming sites such as this one even mentions this issue.
If I try adding the directory name to the zipfile name, it gives a file not found error.

Posted 9-Jun-21 13:56pm

Emmery Chrisco

Updated 9-Jun-21 15:25pm

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Gerry Schmitz · Accepted Answer · 2021-06-09T15:25:00

Use the includeBaseDirectory option.

Quote:
includeBaseDirectory Boolean
true to include the directory name from sourceDirectoryName at the root of the archive;
false to include only the contents of the directory.

ZipFile.CreateFromDirectory Method (System.IO.Compression) | Microsoft Docs[^]