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3. Windows Execution Policies & Environment Variables

ExecutionPolicy, profiles, and path variables.

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Script execution is governed by execution policies (`Restricted`, `RemoteSigned`, `Unrestricted`).

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Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser
$env:PATH += ";C:\tools\bin"
[System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("API_KEY", "secret", "User")

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1. What does the 'RemoteSigned' ExecutionPolicy enforce in PowerShell?
Local scripts run freely; scripts downloaded from the internet must be signed by a trusted publisherBlocks all scriptsAllows all scripts without warningBans PowerShell
2. How do you inspect an environment variable in PowerShell?
$env:VARIABLE_NAME%VARIABLE_NAME%echo $VARIABLE_NAMEGet-Env VARIABLE_NAME

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