Why are my PowerShell scripts not running?

Question

I wrote a simple batch file as a PowerShell script, and I am getting errors when they run.

It\'s in a scripts directory in my path. This is the error I get:

Answer 1

It could be PowerShell's default security level, which (IIRC) will only run signed scripts.

Try typing this:

set-executionpolicy remotesigned

That will tell PowerShell to allow local (that is, on a local drive) unsigned scripts to run.

Then try executing your script again.