Windows 10: PowerShell Scripting - Run a Script from Shortcut

How to: PowerShell Scripting - Run a Script from Shortcut


Information One of many PowerShell security features is that you can't run a script simply by double clicking it's icon on desktop or in a folder. Doing so will by default open script in Notepad for editing instead. You can right click script and select Run with PowerShell, open it in PowerShell and run manually, run it from another script or call PowerShell to run it from Command Prompt or a batch file, but you can't associate .ps1 (PS script extension) to be run when you double click the icon.





This tutorial will show how to work around that limitation by creating a shortcut to run any PS script from shortcut.

Create a Shortcut to run PowerShell Script

1.) Right click a script, select Create shortcut:




2.) Right click the shortcut, select Properties:




3.) The Target field under Shortcut tab shows full path to file this shortcut will open:




4.) In this example case now, I've made a shortcut for USBUpdate.ps1 script made in this tutorial. As my Users folder is relocated to drive E: and I have the script in folder Users\Kari\OneDrive\PS Scripts, in my case now Target shows following path:

"E:\Users\Kari\OneDrive\PS Scripts\USBUpdate.ps1"

Notice that path must be in quotes because it contains a space.

5.) At the moment shortcut would act exactly as the script icon, open script in Notepad for editing. I need to edit Target to tell system to launch PowerShell and then run the script. I'll add all that in front of path which is already there. New Target looks like this, part added before the actual path shown in blue:

powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "E:\Users\Kari\OneDrive\PS Scripts\USBUpdate.ps1"




Note: the above command can also be used to run script from a batch file or from Run prompt (WIN + R).

First part of command powershell.exe will launch PowerShell. Next, I will set it to bypass any existing execution policy which might prevent my script to run with switch -ExecutionPolicy Bypass, and finally tell with -File switch that I want to run script told in following path.

Instead of bypassing current execution policy you can use Unrestricted, AllSigned or RemoteSigned settings. See more about execution policies and what each of them means: Using the Set-ExecutionPolicy Cmdlet

Click OK to save and close Properties.

6.) If your script needs to be run elevated (Run as administrator) and it does not include function for self-elevation, see this tutorial to make it run elevated: Create Elevated Shortcut without UAC prompt in Windows 10 Customization Tutorials

To make script self-elevate, see how to do it in step 3.3 in following tutorial: PowerShell Scripting - Update Windows 10 USB install media Installation Upgrade Tutorials

7.) I can now copy or move script shortcut to desktop or any other location or pin it to Start or Taskbar:




When double clicked or selected in Start, the script runs:




That's it, easy and fast!

Kari

:)

 

Run PowerShell Script As An Administrator

Hi. So I've been searching online on a way to do this yet I cannot find a way to do it.

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I need this in specific:

I want to double click a PowerShell script file (which will run as an administrator) from Windows Explorer that has this as the script:
Set-MpPreference -DisableRealtimeMonitoring $true

(that script requires that PowerShell needs to be run as an administrator)
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So those are the restrictions:
No right-click>run PowerShell as an administrator
No opening a shortcut to PowerShell (as an administrator) and pasting the command


Thanks

 

Run PowerShell Script As An Administrator

Of course, there is always the elevating shortcut method. This requires one extra step compared to setting up such a shortcut for a batch file.

1 Create a shortcut to your PS1 file [by, for example, dragging it with the Alt key pressed]
2 Right click on the shortcut & select Properties
2.1 At the start of the target field, type in powershell.exe then a space to separate it from the script's path-name
2.2 Click on the Advanced button & set the Run as Admin checkbox.
2.3 OK, OK
{you will notice the shortcut's icon change when you do this}

You can now double-click on the shortcut instead of your original script and it will run as Admin [after the normal Admin challenge].

The extra step compared to doing this for batch files is 2.1. Batch files can be set to run as Admin without having to job the Target field.

Denis

 

PowerShell script run - Cmdlets

As SQL-IP and Cosmos are still internal to Microsoft, I wonder why you are not simply contacting the person who provided you with the scripts.

For point 1: see PowerShell: Bypass ExecutionPolicy to run downloaded scripts

For point2: this is specific to the script: "Cosmos.Document" is probably in a module which is not found.

 

PowerShell script run - Cmdlets

Greetings - in the last month my role (support for Microsoft) has begun running database searches using PowerShell ISE - the procedure and software I was given by Microsoft to follow specified PowerShell ISE, not PowerShell. The first week or so the searches
seemed to run fine and I got good results returned. Then the searches stopped successfully executing. I got various error messages, or just illogical results, and so I tried reinstalling PowerShell a couple of times, with no success. On Friday 8/12 I upgraded
to Win10 Anniversary Ed. I still can't successfully run a PowerShell ISE search request. So, I'm hoping the Forum can help:

1. When I Run a request I get this pop-up: "Run only scripts that you trust. While scripts from the internet can be useful, this script can potentially harm your computer. If you trust this script, use the Unbock-File cmdlet to allow the script to run without
this warning message. Do you want to run ...". I then get 3 options 1) Do not run, 2) Run Once, 3) Suspend.

My understanding is that the "Unbock-File cmdlet" is a single-feature command that manipulates objects in Windows PowerShell. Where should I insert the "Unbock-File cmdlet" ? I trust the script because it was provided to me by Microsoft.

2. I've been selecting option 2) Run Once. The script will then run for a while, and then I get this error message "[Expression Error] The import Cosmos.Document matches no exports. Did you miss a module reference?"

How do resolve this issue? Reinstalling PowerShell has not seemed to help.

Any help much appreciated!

 

Running scripts

Yes, you need to use Notepad or PowerShell for that:

Running Scripts - TechNet - Microsoft

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb6...(v=vs.85).aspx

How to Write and Run Scripts in the Windows PowerShell ISE

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scr...