Recently I was trying a small project in free time in Node JS and while executing a script through Visual Studio Code, I got following error in Windows Powershell.
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.~~~~~~~~ CategoryInfo : SecurityError: (:) [], PSSecurityException FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnauthorizedAccess
To fix scripts running permissions issue, find your Powershell app on Windows. Right click on it and open it in Administrator mode.
Once its opened, enter following command
Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
Once it is entered, it will show you following prompt
C:\windows\system32\> Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned Execution Policy Change The execution policy helps protect you from scripts that you do not trust. Changing the execution policy might expose you to the security risks described in the about_Execution_Policies help topic at https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=135170. Do you want to change the execution policy? [Y] Yes [A] Yes to All [N] No [L] No to All [S] Suspend [?] Help (default is "N"): Y
Type Y and hit enter. Again try running your script, and now it should work.
Once your work is done, you can set back policy to restricted using following command.
Set-ExecutionPolicy Restricted
Again, when prompted, press Y and hit enter.
Please let me know if this fixed your issue. Do share it with your friends and colleagues.