title: VSC PowerShell. After npm updating packages .ps1 cannot be loaded because running scripts is disabled on this system
body: <p>I design websites in VSC and PowerShell is my default terminal.</p>
  
  <p>After updating and deploying a website to firebase earlier, I was prompted to update firebase tools - which I did using npm. Immediately after I cannot run/access any firebase scripts wthout the folllowing error:</p>
  
  <p><code>firebase : File C:\Users\mada7\AppData\Roaming\npm\firebase.ps1 cannot be loaded because running scripts is disabled on this system. For more information, see about_Execution_Policies at https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=135170. At line:1 char:1</code></p>
  
  <p><code>firebase
    + CategoryInfo          : SecurityError: (:) [], PSSecurityException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnauthorizedAccess</code></p>
  
  <p>I've spent a few hours searching around and can't find a solid answer the problem. Many threads are several years old and I find it bizarre I've not had this problem in the past year until today.
  I can still access firebase scripts if I set my default terminal to cmd.</p>
  
  <p>Assuming the problem was related to firebase-tools I've carried on working but have now updated vue.js and get the error again when trying to run any vue commands in powershell:</p>
  
  <p><code>vue : File C:\Users\mada7\AppData\Roaming\npm\vue.ps1 cannot be loaded because running scripts is disabled on this system. For more information, see about_Execution_Policies at https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=135170. At line:1 char:1</code></p>
  
  <p><code>vue
    + CategoryInfo          : SecurityError: (:) [], PSSecurityException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnauthorizedAccess
  </code></p>
  
  <p><code>VSCode Version:
  Version: 1.37.1 (user setup)
  Commit: f06011a
  Date: 2019-08-15T16:17:55.855Z
  Electron: 4.2.7
  Chrome: 69.0.3497.128
  Node.js: 10.11.0
  V8: 6.9.427.31-electron.0
  OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.18362
  OS Version:
  Windows 10 Home
  Version - 1903
  OS build - 18362.295</code></p>
  
  <p>I've been reading around and seen many threads around permissions for scripts, but I haven't changed any - indeed the PowerShell scripts worked right up until I updated my packages. No other settings touched in the mean time. I don't want to be changing PowerShell settings unnecessarily.</p>