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iworkonline
Copper Contributor
Mar 28, 2019

unable to run PowerShell script

I am on windows 7 professional and created a powershell script that I cannot run. my security setting is set to  unrestricted. I have run it 3 ways and nothing happens.   First I right click the sc...
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MasterMysterious
Brass Contributor
Apr 02, 2019

iworkonlineHello. For some reason, you didn't try the most obvious thing. Open PowerShell and issue the following command:

.\encrypt_daily_file.ps1

If PowerShell triggered an execution policy error, try this:

Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process

And then run the script again.

As for why your first action is not working, it is a Windows 7 bug. Microsoft implemented erroneous file association data in Registry. To fix that, you have to open notepad, add the following contents and save the resulting file as "1.reg" with Unicode encoding. Then run it and have it merge with Windows Registry.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Microsoft.PowerShellScript.1]
"EditFlags"=dword:00020000
"FriendlyTypeName"=hex(2):40,00,22,00,25,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,\
  00,72,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,\
  33,00,32,00,5c,00,77,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,70,00,6f,00,77,\
  00,65,00,72,00,73,00,68,00,65,00,6c,00,6c,00,5c,00,76,00,31,00,2e,00,30,00,\
  5c,00,70,00,6f,00,77,00,65,00,72,00,73,00,68,00,65,00,6c,00,6c,00,2e,00,65,\
  00,78,00,65,00,22,00,2c,00,2d,00,31,00,30,00,33,00,00,00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Microsoft.PowerShellScript.1\DefaultIcon]
@="\"C:\\Windows\\System32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\powershell_ise.exe\",1"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Microsoft.PowerShellScript.1\Shell]
@="Open"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Microsoft.PowerShellScript.1\Shell\0]
"MUIVerb"=hex(2):40,00,22,00,25,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,72,00,\
  6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,\
  00,5c,00,77,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,70,00,6f,00,77,00,65,00,\
  72,00,73,00,68,00,65,00,6c,00,6c,00,5c,00,76,00,31,00,2e,00,30,00,5c,00,70,\
  00,6f,00,77,00,65,00,72,00,73,00,68,00,65,00,6c,00,6c,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,\
  65,00,20,00,22,00,2c,00,2d,00,31,00,30,00,38,00,00,00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Microsoft.PowerShellScript.1\Shell\0\Command]
@="\"C:\\Windows\\System32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\powershell.exe\" \"-Command\" \"if((Get-ExecutionPolicy ) -ne 'AllSigned') { Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope Process Bypass }; & '%1'\""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Microsoft.PowerShellScript.1\Shell\Edit]
"NoSmartScreen"=""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Microsoft.PowerShellScript.1\Shell\Edit\Command]
@="\"C:\\Windows\\System32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\powershell_ise.exe\" \"%1\""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Microsoft.PowerShellScript.1\Shell\Open]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Microsoft.PowerShellScript.1\Shell\Open\Command]
@="\"C:\\Windows\\System32\\notepad.exe\" \"%1\""

 

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