💽Edit-ExecutionPolicy

Setting an “Unrestricted” execution policy on a Windows client machine

Set-ExecutionPolicy

  • Click the Windows Start button, right-click the Windows PowerShell application and select Run as Administrator

Code

Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted

Example

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted
Execution Policy Change
The execution policy helps protect you from scripts that you do not trust. Changing 
the execution policy might expose you to the security risks described in the 
about_Execution_Policies help topic at https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=135170. 
Do you want to change the execution policy?
[Y] Yes [A] Yes to All [N] No [L] No to All [S] Suspend [?] Help (default is "N")
: y
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-ExecutionPolicy
Unrestricted

Note:

  • Default policy is “Restricted”: the system will neither load PowerShell configuration files nor run PowerShell scripts

  • PDF page 86

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