Source = (r"D:Backuptest2") #where the files originate
Destination = (r"D:BackupZipFilesToMove") #where they move to
SendZipfiles = (['C:BackupFilesRichCopyControls.cmd']) #the .cmd file
from os import listdir
from os.path import isfile, join
onlyfiles = [ f for f in listdir(Source) if isfile(join(Source,f)) ] v#get each file in folder
Amount = len(onlyfiles) #how many files are in folder
Counter = 0
lst = onlyfiles #give the list the name lst
while(Counter < Amount):
      zf = zipfile.ZipFile(lst[Counter],"w", zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED,allowZip64=True) # create zip
      zf.write(os.path.join(lst[Counter])) #zip it up
      zf.close() #close the zip
      shutil.move(os.path.join(lst[Counter]),Destination) #move to zip folder
      p = subprocess.Popen(SendZipfiles) #the problem is here I think, this is where it runs the .cmd