Almost all of the real work is in zipping so Perl wouldn't necessarily be better for this application. But, you would be learning a tool that works everywhere and has far more power. Batches are good for quick and dirty Windows stuff, and it's always "installed", but they're horrible for complexity or if you need user interaction.
Spend a little time at http://learn.perl.org then convert the above to Perl.
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