Could not change ExecutionPolicy from ByPass

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Somehow, I got my PowershellISE with ISESteroids (Win 7 Pro 64) in a state where Get-ExceptionPolicy = ByPass, and I could do nothing that would change that.

Well, sort of…

I then ran:
Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope CurrentUser -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
AND I GOT THIS ERROR IN RED.
Windows PowerShell updated your execution policy successfully, but the setting is overridden by a policy defin
ed at a more specific scope. Due to the override, your shell will retain its current effective execution poli
cy of Unrestricted. Type “Get-ExecutionPolicy -List” to view your execution policy settings. For more informat
ion please see “Get-Help Set-ExecutionPolicy”. (raised by: Set-ExecutionPolicy)

So that tells me my change did not take effect. Which is evidenced when I ran this cmdlet:
Get-ExecutionPolicy
Unrestricted

So it is unrestricted. That certainly is not what I asked for: RemoteSigned.

BUT the registry says the ExecutionPolicy is RemoteSigned here: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PowerShell\1\ShellIds\Microsoft.PowerShell\ExecutionPolicy.

So the questions become:

  1. Why doesn’t the Get_ExecutionPolicy cmdlet show me the actual ExecutionPolicy and more importantly
  2. How can I work with the the ExecutionPolicy so that it will seem like less of a black box that gives me whatever it feels like giving me, and more of a logical input output tool. Afterall, it has far reaching effects on what I can do.
2

Have you run “Get-ExecutionPolicy -List” as the error suggests?

Are you being impacted by a Group Policy that perhaps sets this? Or is there a profile script that’s setting this each time the shell runs?

3

There are so many tons of documentation I guess I hoped I could pick of this aspect of PS quickly. Nope, gotta dig into. That is fine, because I would rather understand it more thoroughly than less thoroughly.