A security setting for Windows PowerShell that enables you to determine which Windows PowerShell scripts (if any) will be allowed to run on your computer.
Questions tagged [executionpolicy]
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Execute PowerShell script from NodeJS results in "running scripts is disabled on this system"
I'm attempting to run a powershell script from node. Here is my current code:
try {
var spawn = require("child_process").spawn,child;
child = spawn("powershell.exe", ['-file', "..\\build.ps1", "-devmode"])
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user736893
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Visual Studio can't execute a Powershell script due to execution policy
I'm trying to run a basic powershell script in a c# application, but I can't seem to get it to run. I've tried this code with and without the added execution policy code in the pipeline creation and have gotten the same results.
static void…
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Trouble with ExecutionPolicy when running Powershell scripts
I am trying to write a Powershell script to automate general tasks on a new computer including installing software. ExecutionPolicy has been the bane of my existence when it comes to blocking me from running automated scripts that I have been…
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Why removing powershell.exe -executionpolicy unrestricted suddenly working but wasn't before
I've a batch file run.bat which calls a python script (same issue if it's a ps1 instead of py script)
Contents of run.bat
powershell.exe -executionpolicy unrestricted
powershell python .\aTest.py
This was working fine until today where batch file…
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Why does circumventing execution-policy break my script?
I have a script which copies an ISO to C:\temp then mounts the ISO and stores the drive letter in a variable to be used to execute a file on the mounted drive. I do it like this:
$mountinfo = Mount-DiskImage -ImagePath $ctempiso
$driveletter =…
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ExecutionPolicy undefined- Python and Visual Studio Code
enter image description hereI'm learning Python using Visual Studio Code. I'm getting the ExecutionPolicy angry red text. I've opened Windows Powershell as an Admin. Typed the code: "Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope CurrentUser -ExecutionPolicy…
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Run a signed powershell script from the command line without having to confirm that I want to run it?
I am trying to run a signed PS script from a cmd window using this command:
powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy bypass -File \\server01.company.local\emp\TestParams2.ps1 myserver "\\server1\folder name\file.txt" 9999
When I do, I get this:
[D] Do not…
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ExecutionPolicy Bypass not working
$Adminusername = 'domain\blah'
$password = 'blah'
$securePassword = ConvertTo-SecureString $password -AsPlainText -Force
$credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential $Adminusername, $securePassword
$path =…
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Prevent bypassing PowerShell execution policy
We have PowerShell installed on our RDS environment. It's currently being used for tasks like remote management and App-V virtual application publishing. To my understanding, it's fairly easy to bypass a restricted execution policy.
I can't however…
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Can't bypass `Restricted` execution policy
I a tool just downloaded that opens a Visual Studio Command prompt from within the IDE, in the root of the current project. My main gripe is that it opens an old style command window, where I would rather have a PowerShell window. According to this…
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Powershell Execution Policy is restricted, but only when run through python
I have a Windows Server 2008 box. I have run, as administrator, in powershell Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted. When I run powershell Get-ExecutionPolicy, it returns Unrestricted.
I have created a .bat file which exhibits the issue I am seeing. The…
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How disable the security warning
How disable the security warning:
Run only scripts that you trust
While scripts from the Internet can be useful, this script can potentially harm your computer
Do you want to run in POWERSHELL
I have tried setting the policy to unrestricted.
The OS…
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while activating virtual environment in python showing this
ps1 cannot be
loaded because running scripts is disabled on this system.
run this command "Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned"
then showing this
To change the execution policy for the
default (LocalMachine) scope, start Windows PowerShell with
the…
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Error when running application with PowerShell version 7: "Get-ExecutionPolicy" command not found
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I encountered an error while running my application with PowerShell version 7. The error message states:
Get-ExecutionPolicy: The 'Get-ExecutionPolicy' command was found in the module 'Microsoft.PowerShell.Security', but the module…
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Activating python virtual environment and error - Set-ExecutionPolicy : Cannot set execution policy
I want to activate my already created Python virtual environment.I used "./activate" command in the /venv/Scripts . But, then I got the following error.
.\activate: File…
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