Different ways to unblock file with PowerShell

Hello,

When you download a PowerShell script/zip file from Internet and you try to run it, you’ll get a warning message like this one :Security warning
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 Unblock-File cmdlet to allow the script to run without this warning message. Do you want to run C:TempExport-MailboxesStatistics.ps1?
[D] Do not run  [R] Run once  [S] Suspend  [?] Help (default is “D”):

This is  due to a security feature of Windows. Each file downloaded from Internet is tagged, you can check it :

Unblock-File-1-red

If you click on “Unblock”, you’ll be able to run the script. But, if you download a bunch of them, it can be time consuming, so you need a PowerShell solution.

#Solution 1
Get-ChildItem C:Temp *.ps1 -Recurse | Unblock-File
#Solution 2
Get-ChildItem C:Temp *.ps1 | Foreach-Object { Remove-Item $_.Name -Stream Zone.Identifier -ErrorAction Ignore }

 

 

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