How To Create And Run A PowerShell Script In Windows 10 And 11

PowerShell is an excellent programming language that allows you to interact with various Windows components. With PowerShell scripts, you can modify and work with the Registry, file system, group policies, system settings, and more. If you are someone who wants to automate tasks on your Windows PC, PowerShell is the best place to start your journey. So, in this guide, we give you a basic introduction on how to create and run a PowerShell script in Windows 10 and 11.

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Create a PowerShell script with Notepad
Run a PowerShell script from PowerShell or CMD
Create and run scripts with PowerShell ISE

Create a PowerShell script with Notepad

Open Pad from the Start menu.
Now we are going to use a simple Start-Process command to open “beebom.com” in Chrome.

Start-Process chrome.exe "beebom.com"

start a process using powershell command in notepad

To create a PowerShell script, click “File” and choose “Save as“.

Name the file and make sure add “.ps1“ at the end to turn it into an executable PowerShell script. I have named it script.ps1 and saved the file to the desktop.

save a file as a PowerShell script (.ps1) in Windows

To run the PowerShell script, right-click the script.ps1 file and choose “Run with PowerShell“.

run PowerShell script from Windows 11 context menu

That’s all. A Chrome window (or whatever your default browser is) will open and the website will launch. This is a basic example how to create a PowerShell script and run it.

Windows 11 desktop interface with Jugo Mobile website launched in Chrome

Run a PowerShell script from PowerShell or CMD

You can also run the script from a PowerShell terminal. Open PowerShell o Terminal from the Start menu. You do not need administrator privileges to run a script.
Now, run the following command to allow PowerShell to execute scripts. This will allow PowerShell run local scripts. If the first command shows an error, run the second command.

Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned

either,

Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser

change execution policy in powershell to allow local scripts

Next, move to location where you have saved the script using the CD domain.

cd Desktop

After that, run the command as follows. Begin with “.\“ and add the file name (without space) along with the .ps1 extension. Now, press Enter.

.\script.ps1

run a PowerShell script from the PowerShell command line

This will execute the PowerShell script from the Terminal window. In this case, a browser window will open and the website will start.
You can also turn on a Symbol of the system window to run a PowerShell script. Run the command as follows.

cd Desktop
powershell .\script.ps1

Create and run scripts with PowerShell ISE

Windows 10 and 11 come with PowerShell ISE (Integrated Scripting Environment) that allows you to write PowerShell code and run it in an integrated environment seamlessly. It works like any other IDE and supports code indentation and many other modern features. This is how you can use it.

Open the Start menu and search for “PowerShell ISE“. Now, open it.

open powershell ise from windows 11 start menu

Then in the top panel you can write the code and it will run in the bottom panel.

To demonstrate a basic example, I have written the following code that generates “Hello, world!” in the PowerShell terminal.

Write-Host "Hello, World!"

To run the code, simply click the “Run” button in the top toolbar. You can see the result in the Terminal below.

Here’s another basic example. Run it and this show current date and time.

$dateandtime = Get-Date -Format "dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss"
Write-Host "The current date and time is: $dateandtime"

find current date and time using PowerShell ISE scripts

For more information on PowerShell scripts, you can go to Excellent documentation from Microsoft. here.

So, this is how you can create and run a PowerShell script in Windows 11 and 10. PowerShell is a great scripting language for Microsoft to interact with the operating system and do things from the command line. We have already written a useful tutorial on how to automate tasks in Windows 10 to save time using Task Scheduler and PowerShell commands. Make sure to check it out.

Aside from that, if you are a Terminal addict, learn how to customize Windows Terminal to give it a new look. Anyway, that’s all from us. If you still have any questions, let us know in the comments section below.