Rob Woodruff's Powersdhell Script fails

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In podcast SN905 Steve was extolling the virtues of Rob's powershell script, but when I attempt to run it under Win 10 pro I get:
PS D:\downloads> .\Analyze-LastPassVault.ps1
.\Analyze-LastPassVault.ps1 : File D:\downloads\Analyze-LastPassVault.ps1 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
+ .\Analyze-LastPassVault.ps1
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : SecurityError: :)) [], PSSecurityException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnauthorizedAccess
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Any ideas for a solution?
TIA
Jay
 
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You would need to allow script execution on your system. It seems to be currently disabled :)

The following PowerShell will allow executing signed scripts for the currently running PowerShell process only.
Code: 
Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy AllSigned -Scope Process
 
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EdwinG's solution appears to be very helpful -- hope it works for the OP.

For anecdotal purposes only, Rob's powershell script worked for me -- also in Windows 10 Pro -- but I had only a full, satisfactory result when running it in Edge. I tried Chrome first, and the script ran fine. But when I got to the part where I needed to copy the xml, I couldn't find Show More or Copy at the bottom of the window. So I tried it again in Edge and was able to complete the process.

Thanks, Ron & Steve for this very useful tool!
 
EdwinG said:
You would need to allow script execution on your system. It seems to be currently disabled :)

The following PowerShell will allow executing signed scripts for the currently running PowerShell process only.
Code: 
Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy AllSigned -Scope Process
Click to expand...
Yes, that's the solution. Thank You.
Jay
 
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EdwinG said:
Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy AllSigned -Scope Process
Click to expand...
Please note, unless you have good reason, you should turn this off as soon as you're done. PowerShell these days is being used for malware purposes, and you probably want the extra security.

Code: 
Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Undefined -Scope CurrentUser
 
PHolder said:
Please note, unless you have good reason, you should turn this off as soon as you're done. PowerShell these days is being used for malware purposes, and you probably want the extra security.

Code: 
Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Undefined -Scope CurrentUser
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That's exactly why I put it to a scope of Process.

The second you close the window, it reverts to the system's execution policy. See: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-ca/p...id=ps-gethelp&viewFallbackFrom=powershell-7.1
 
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