Windows 10: How to sign Powershell profile w/ self-signed certificate?

POWERSHELL ONLY SOLUTION:

The following is a powershell-only solution which will not require the installation of extra software/tools/features (at least on Windows 10):

#Open up a Powershell window—with Admin privileges—and run the following to create the self-signed certificate and save it to the PS variable of your choice. Below, the naming distinction mycert is used. I recommend that or just copy/paste the code.
Code: $mycert = New-SelfSignedCertificate -Subject "CN=PowerShell signing example" ` -KeyAlgorithm RSA -KeyLength 2048 -Type CodeSigningCert ` -CertStoreLocation Cert:\LocalMachine\My\ [/quote] #Next, to verify the certificate was created, simply type the variable you just created.
#For example, the above would be $cert
#Hit enter, and the thing should print out a thumbprint to the screen.

#Now, with that outta the way, you need to move the certificate you just created the root cert store on your machine.
#To do this, run the following command (take note of the variable name; i.e. use what you used above):
Code: Move-Item "Cert:\LocalMachine\My\$($mycert.Thumbprint)" Cert:\LocalMachine\Root[/quote] #Finally, with that out of the way, you can sign your script with the following command

Code: set-AuthenticodeSignature C:\Path\To\Script\test.ps1 $mycert[/quote]

Once you run that command, you should receive output on the console displaying the successful signing.

Incidentally, I had tried this route before but kept failing because I didn't move the certificate to the root cert store. Now I know.

In the end, I don't feel better about this compared to having just changed the execution-policy.

For those interested in the guide referenced for this method, please visit this link.

For those interested in the guide referenced for the first method (on page 1), click this link.

P.S. - I knew the code I used looked familiar, and I eventually wound up finding (piece by piece) the entire guide on another site.

P.P.S. - We shouldn't be required to do all of this just to get a few permanent aliases in Powershell.

 

That is one way to do it! *Smile

I have been looking into this, but I'm still not quite convinced. The descriptions on the interwebs are a bit around the bush when it comes to explaining things.

Let's work on this further.