Allowing Powershell to run scripts!

Every time I get a new computer or rebuild one and try to run a Powershell script that I wrote, it fails. This always frustrates me since I’m usually an administrator on my own computer. I have no idea why the Powershell app does not make this as easy as a menu item to fix so I will show you the two steps you need to do to fix it.

1. Restart Powershell as Admin

The first step is to run Powershell as administrator. I always pin it to my Task Bar, so just right mouse click on its icon and select Run as Administrator.

2. Fix permission

Next, run this command to fix the permissions.

Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Scope LocalMachin

Now you can run Powershell scripts!

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