How to create a Powershell Alias for Set-Executionpolicy - powershell

Question

Following guides to create an alias in powershell, I have run the following command:
Set-Alias rush-enable "Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope Process -ExecutionPolicy Bypass"
This sets the alias. However when I run the alias I hit an error.
PS C:\example> rush-enable
rush-enable : The term 'Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope Process
-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted' is not recognized as the name of
a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the
spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that
the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1
+ rush-enable
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Set-ExecutionPo.
..cy Unrestricted:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException
However running the command on it's own works fine:
PS C:\example> Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope Process -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted
PS C:\example>
Am I missing something? How should I format the command to work as an alias?

Answer 1

As per the documentation:
You can assign an alias to a cmdlet, script, function, or executable
file.
You cannot assign an alias to a command and its parameters. For
example, you can assign an alias to the Get-Eventlog cmdlet, but you
cannot assign an alias to the Get-Eventlog -LogName System command.
This is presumably a way to avoid having to disambiguate a parameter that exists on an alias and which is passed when invoking the alias.
You therefore have two options:
Encapsulate your command in a function called Enable-Rush (note the PowerShell acceptable naming scheme, if you care). In your case this would look something like:
function Enable-Rush {
Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope Process -ExecutionPolicy Bypass
}
Save the command as a file and create a alias to the file.
And to persist it, put it in a $PROFILE. Depending on your system, you might need to digitally sign the $PROFILE or change the PowerShell system Execution Policy to allow PowerShell scripts generated by the system to execute when starting a PowerShell process.