Executing PS1 files by double clicking on them

I need some advice. Occasionally, some of my scripts are run by the 
technician manually and are not automatically invoked. In the case of 
powershell files, i am using either a VBS file or a BAT file to invoke the 
PS1 file because PS1s are designed to open with notepad by default. Can 
anyone offer me some advice as to a way that would allow the tech to just 

By default ps1 files are not executable by double clicking.  This is designed 
to prevent some of the issues seen with VBScript code that can be run by 
malware.

If you want to make the scripts accessible to running manually without 
access to the PowerShell prompt why not look at using PowerGUI

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"greatbarrier86" wrote:

> I need some advice. Occasionally, some of my scripts are run by the 
> technician manually and are not automatically invoked. In the case of 
> powershell files, i am using either a VBS file or a BAT file to invoke the

> PS1 file because PS1s are designed to open with notepad by default. Can 
> anyone offer me some advice as to a way that would allow the tech to just

You can make a shortcut to WindowsPowershell - the executable, and
name that shortcut what you want.  After the shortcut is made, you can
then append to the end of the 'Target' field -nologo -command &'\\path
\to\your\script.ps1' and when someone double clicks the link, and
presuming you have the execution policy set to run your script, a
shell will be created and your script will run it.  May not be the
most elegant, but it works.