Set-ExecutionPolicy : Access to the registry key ‘HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PowerShell\1\ShellIds\Microsoft.PowerShell’ is denied
When you receive that error while trying to set up the execution policy, try to right click on the powershell shortcut, and run as administrator.
It worked for me.
Can not set set-executionpolicy to remotesigned
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