Execution Policies
Execution policies determine which scripts can be run on the machine, and have different scopes / policy levels.
Scopes
- MachinePolicy
- UserPolicy
- Process
- CurrentUser
- LocalMachine
Policies
- Restricted
- AllSigned
- RemoteSigned
- Unrestricted
Commands
# List the policy for each scope
Get-ExecutionPolicy -List
# Change the policy for a given scope
Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope <ScopeName> -ExecutionPolicy <PolicyName>
Troubleshooting
Unable to execute a script
If you can't execute a script because it is unsigned, you can bypass the execution policy for the current terminal process by running the following command:
Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope Process -ExecutionPolicy Bypass