The first time you try to run a Powershell script on your machine, you may be presented with an error preventing you from running scripts due to the execution poilcy set on your machine. PowerShell's execution policy is a safety feature that helps prevent the accidental execution of malicious scripts.
File 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 run scripts, you'll need to change the execution policy.
RUNNING SCRIPTS CARRIES RISK. ALWAYS REVIEW SCRIPTS BEFORE RUNNING THEM ON YOUR SYSTEM. IF IN DOUBT, COPY AND PASTE THE SCRIPT INTO A SERVICE LIKE CHATGPT AND ASK IF IT COULD BE HARMFUL.
See Microsoft Learn | About Execution Policies for the official documentation on execution policies.
Example to set the execution policy to RemoteSigned for the current user:
Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser