Enable PowerShell execution in Windows

The default settings of Windows disable the PowerShell script execution. This protects your computer in case a malicious PowerShell script would try to make changes on your machine. The same settings prevent you from executing your own automation scripts too.

When we try to execute a PowerShell script we get the error message

File ….ps1 cannot be loaded because running scripts
is disabled on this system. For more information, see about_Execution_Policies at
https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=135170.

To enable PowerShell script execution

in Windows 10

1. Click the Windows button and type powershell into the text box,
   
2. Right-click the Windows PowerShell item and select Run as administrator,
   
3. In the User Account Control window click the Yes button,
4. In the PowerShell window execute

   Set-ExecutionPolicy unrestricted

5. Press Y and the Enter key to enable the PowerShell script execution.
   

in Windows 7

1. Click the Windows button and type powershell into the text box,
   
2. Right-click the Windows PowerShell item and select Run as administrator,
   
3. In the User Account Control window click the Yes button,
   
4. In the PowerShell window execute

   Set-ExecutionPolicy unrestricted