touch : File C:\Users\AppData\Roaming\npm\touch.ps1 cannot be loaded because running scripts is disabled on this system

Question

I am a beginner learning React and Node.js. When I run touch 'index.js' command in server it shows 'touch : File C:\Users\sandu\AppData\Roaming\npm\touch.ps1 cannot be loaded because running scripts is disabled on this system. For more information, see

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• Touch server.js

• + CategoryInfo          : SecurityError: (:) [], PSSecurityException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnauthorizedAccess'

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Answer 1

Sanduni It seems you need to set the execution policy to RemoteSigned on Powershell. Just run the following command on powershell.

Set-ExecutionPolicy –ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned