Table of Contents
How to setup PowerShell
Useful commands
See Current PowerShell Script Execution Policies
Get-ExecutionPolicy -List
Set PowerShell script execution policy for current user in PowerShell
Set-ExecutionPolicy AllSigned -Scope CurrentUser -Force
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope CurrentUser -Force
Set-ExecutionPolicy Default -Scope CurrentUser -Force
Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser -Force
Set-ExecutionPolicy Restricted -Scope CurrentUser -Force
Set-ExecutionPolicy Undefined -Scope CurrentUser -Force
Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Scope CurrentUser -Force
Set PowerShell script execution policy for local machine in PowerShell
Requires elevated privileges
Set-ExecutionPolicy AllSigned -Scope LocalMachine -Force
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope LocalMachine -Force
Set-ExecutionPolicy Default -Scope LocalMachine -Force
Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope LocalMachine -Force
Set-ExecutionPolicy Restricted -Scope LocalMachine -Force
Set-ExecutionPolicy Undefined -Scope LocalMachine -Force
Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Scope LocalMachine -Force
Install Chocolately
Requires elevated privileges
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process
[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
Information
Profiles
| Description | Path |
|---|---|
| All Users, All Hosts | $PSHOME\Profile.ps1 |
| All Users, Current Host | $PSHOME\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1 |
| Current User, All Hosts | $Home\[My ]Documents\PowerShell\Profile.ps1 |
| Current user, Current Host | $Home\[My ]Documents\PowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1 |
$PSHOME is usually C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0
