Loading scripts disabled on this system - Powershell

17 Feb. 2021 | Updated 23 Apr. 2021 | 1 min read.

Found this issue when trying to install a PowerShell script on my home PC

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Import-Module ACMESharp
[Import-Module : File C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\ACMESharp\0.9.1.326\ACMESharp-Extensions\ACMESharp-Extensions.psm1 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.
At line:1 char:1
+ Import-Module ACMESharp
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : SecurityError: (:) [Import-Module], PSSecurityException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnauthorizedAccess,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ImportModuleCommand]

Luckily the solution was a simple one. There's a one-liner that will set the execution policy of a specified user. In this case, I wanted to set it to unrestricted:

Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope CurrentUser -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted

And that was enough! Thought it was worth putting here. I've googled this error a dozen times and forgotten the solution every time.

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