When I setup my system, I use a number of config scripts to have my cosy place to play.
Based on this, I run by double-clicking the following enableps.js:
new ActiveXObject("Shell.Application").ShellExecute(
"powershell", "-noexit -Command \"& Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned\"", "", "runas");
Because of the -noexit I can issue in the displayed PowerShell window:
Get-ExecutionPolicy
and get as expected:
RemoteSigned
Unfortunately, when opening a new instance of PowerShell, the policy keeps to be Restricted.
If I run in a standard cmd prompt:
cscript "path\to\enableps.js"
it works. But if I embed the command in the enableps.cmd batch and again try to run it by double-clicking, it doesn't work. If I right-click enableps.cmd and use the Runas-Administrator entry, it works again.
So how can I make things working with the standard double-click (plus the related Windows prompt)?
You need to run the command and give it the -Scope argument so that it applies to more than the current session. Add the argument:
-Scope CurrentUser