Where does powershell saves the set-executionpolicy setting?
ExecutionPolicy is not a single setting stored in a single place. There are multiple scopes of ExecutionPolicy which are each set and stored differently. Run Get-ExecutionPolicy -List
to see all the different scopes.
Using ProcMon to monitor what keys are being read/written when getting/setting the different scopes, I came up with this list:
- MachinePolicy and UserPolicy Can only be set via group policy. I think the keys end up being under
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Powershell
- Process does not seem to be stored in a reg key. That makes sense, as it appies only the current process. Probably just stored in memory.
- CurrentUser is stored at
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\PowerShell\1\ShellIds\Microsoft.PowerShell [ExecutionPolicy]
Note you could set this for a particular user (i.e. besides current user) viaHKEY_USERS
- LocalMachine is stored at
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PowerShell\1\ShellIds\Microsoft.PowerShell [ExecutionPolicy]
This is the default scope when runningSet-ExecutionPolicy
.
See http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/library/dd347641.aspx and http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113394
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PowerShell\1\ShellIds\Microsoft.PowerShellkey name is ExecutionPolicy (type: REG_SZ). the value should be, in your case, RemoteSigned.