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Asked: 2026-06-02T05:31:57+00:00

I currently have a VBScript that allows me to call arbitrary powershell commands, which

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I currently have a VBScript that allows me to call arbitrary powershell commands, which includes entire powershell scripts. When I call them I cannot set the execution policy due to registry restrictions. Meaning, powershell isn’t running as administrator.

How can I change this?

I believe the following is the section of the VBScript that is calling powershell.exe

cmd = "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -OutputFormat text -EncodedCommand " & b64 & " > " & logstd & " 2> " & logerr
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  1. Editorial Team

    There are various ways you can make a process run elevated but for this use case, I think you should just specify the execution policy in the command line:

    cmd = "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy unrestricted -OutputFormat text -EncodedCommand " & b64 & " > " & logstd & " 2> " & logerr
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