Help with Windows and Python VENV

[Pedroski55]

A friend asked me to check out his AutoCAD drawing. For that I had to start Windows.

While I was in Windows, I thought about a recent thread, a guy complaining that Python didn't do just what he wanted in Windows.

I thought I would install Python. Up came a nice pymanager app, which installed itself then did something.

Then I made a VENV in my user folder called python_general. All good.

Then I got a Powershell going, looks just like bash.

I wanted to start Python in my VENV , but it seems I don't have permission.

PS C:\Users\peter> python_general\Scripts\activate
python_general\Scripts\activate : File C:\Users\peter\python_general\Scripts\Activate.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
+ python_general\Scripts\activate
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : SecurityError: (:) [], PSSecurityException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnauthorizedAccess
PS C:\Users\peter>

Could a Windows user please help this poor baffled Linuxer?

[snippsat]

Just to make run so you see how it's done in PowerShell.
This is with Python build in venv.

# Make 
PS E:\div_code> python -m venv python_general
# Cd in
PS E:\div_code> cd .\python_general\
# Activate
PS E:\div_code\python_general> .\Scripts\activate
# Work see (python_general) 
(python_general) PS E:\div_code\python_general>

Your error is a PowerShell’s script-execution policy blocking the venv activation script, Activate.ps1.
Run this once in Powershell.

Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope CurrentUser -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned

[Pedroski55]

Thanks!