Using Powershell as terminal in IntelliJ IDEA IDEs like PyCharm, PHPStorm or RubyMine

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I have been attempting to run powershell as my terminal on windows in pycharm, so I did the following:

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However, when I try this, it says that it cannot execute my scripts, and hence I get the following error: SecurityError and the Fully Qualified Id is : UnAuthorizedAccess.

This arises from the fact that pycharm's terminal cannot execute my Powershell_profile.ps1 profile file.

How can I successfully run Pycharm's terminal with Powershell?

What I have tried so far, is going into my main powershell directory as in %windir%/system32/WindowsPowerShell/1.0/profile.ps1, and then change it to include the following:

Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted

However, this does not help, and I get the same error when I try to open of pycharm's terminal.

I have also tried to run pycharm as Admin, however this does not solve the problem either, and I get the same aforementioned error.

Have you tried to specify absolute path to `powershell.exe`? — kukido, Jan 08 '14 at 16:33
@AndreyMyatlyuk Tried as you've suggested, same problem as above. — Games Brainiac, Jan 09 '14 at 11:24
Since it is definitely [doable](https://codeaweso.me/2013/12/cygwin-terminal-with-intellij-idea-13/), to set PowerShell as default terminal, I think it is Windows permissions issue, rather than PyCharm issue. Checkout this SO question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4647429/powershell-on-windows-7-set-executionpolicy-for-regular-users — kukido, Jan 09 '14 at 17:13
You _can_ set it as your default terminal, however you get errors like the ones I mentioned above, and you cannot execute your profile scripts or your plugins. — Games Brainiac, Jan 10 '14 at 08:28
This issue can **silently** prevent a user from running a virtual environment. — Wok, Aug 15 '21 at 20:00
Please note a simple but an important step, which I initially missed so the problem didn't just go away, that I found necessary along with the others steps listed in the answers: close (click a cross) near the "Local" in the IDE's terminal window, and reopen the window. Without this simple step the terminal remained unresponsive, showing the same error messages. Apparently, you need to recreate the terminal instance. Just like reopening regular cmd in windows after changing environment variables, etc. Had to do this because just an IDE restart didn't fix the problem. — Tim Kochetkov, Apr 26 '23 at 06:12
PowerShell is included on the Terminal options by clicking the "Down" arrow after the "+" sign within PyCharm Terminal tab. My Build is 231.8109.197 so all versions after that one should also have the native option to open PowerShell instead of a new "cmd" Terminal. — Carlos Herrera, Apr 27 '23 at 00:20

Halt · Answer 1 · 2017-08-04T03:36:32.663

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I've replaced cmd.exe with powershell.exe in a simpler way and hope it can help. I'm using webstorm2017 and Win10 os.

1.Find the exact location of powershell.exe.In mine and I believe in most computers the location would be C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe.Copy the whole path into your clipboard.

2.In your IDE open File=>Setting=>Tools=>Terminal, and paste the path into "Shell path" blank.

3.Restart the IDE and everything would be ok.

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answered May 23 '17 at 02:36

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Start Directory: C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\; Shell path: powershell.exe for IntelliJ products of version 2017. – SaundersB May 31 '17 at 16:47
This makes my life so much easier. – Charles Smartt Aug 28 '17 at 12:13
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Do not need to restart the IDE, just launch a new terminal. – Soumya Kanti Aug 21 '18 at 00:25
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Powershell is already in system path so just enter "powershell.exe" without path. – Igor Jerosimić Jul 04 '19 at 09:02

score 34 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 29 '14 at 14:50

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Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Scope CurrentUser

answered Aug 29 '14 at 14:50

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This works. Weird thing is the execution policy isn't read from system. IntelliJ defines its own. – Jari Turkia Apr 23 '23 at 13:31

score 17 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 19 '18 at 14:56

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I updated the powershell.exe path in IntelliJ -> Settings -> Terminal
Opened a powershell instance in Admin mode.
Executed Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Scope CurrentUser
Restarted IntelliJ and the issue was solved.

Step 3 is from ebelanger's answer.

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answered Apr 02 '18 at 21:09

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score 9 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 13 '14 at 18:52

Browse to the PowerShell executable, right-click, run as administrator.

From the prompt, use the same command you tried:

Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted

Once that is done, close PowerShell, and attempt to use it again from your application.

Note: You can't set the execution policy from a script, as the default execution policy prevents you from running scripts. (even if it's the profile script - still a script)

M3Ali · Answer 5 · 2021-09-26T21:21:34.923

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In PyCharm

File->Settings->Tools->Terminal

Shell path: "powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass"

Then restart PyCharm

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score 5 · Answer 6 · answered Jul 02 '15 at 20:17

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In the Default Shell TextBox you can append the execution policy command line option like so:

powershell.exe -Executionpolicy Unrestricted

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score 3 · Answer 7 · answered May 03 '14 at 19:40

If you're running on Windows 8 x64 then running both the commands below may help. It worked for me.

Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted
start-job { Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Force } -RunAs32

Credit to a comment found here: Powershell on Windows 7: Set-ExecutionPolicy for regular users

score 2 · Answer 8 · answered Jun 15 '18 at 08:54

As mentioned in other answers, if after setting powershell.exe as your terimal in IntelliJ → Settings → Tools → Terminal → Shell path it throws UnAuthorizedAccess errors, normal way to solve this is to alter execution policy:

Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser

Note that Unrestricted level is the least secure of all, and you're usually can go with RemoteSigned in order to disable unsigned scripts downloaded from the web until you manually remove Internet or Intranet Zone.Identifier from them, usually with Unlock button in file properties.

However, you may run to an occasion when you're not able to change execution policy. Usually that's because of corporate security settings in Active Directory. In PowerShell, that corresponds to scopes MachinePolicy and UserPolicy. A primary symptom of this situation is the following message:

Set-ExecutionPolicy : Windows PowerShell updated your execution policy successfully, but the setting is overridden by a policy defined at a more specific scope. Due to the override, your shell will retain its current effective execution policy of AllSigned. Type "Get-ExecutionPolicy -List" to view your execution policy settings. For more information please see "Get-Help Set-ExecutionPolicy".

You can't set execution policies at this scopes with PowerShell or gpedit.msc. Attempts to change this settings directly in registry is also ineffective: they're applied on restart or login, but at the same time they're being re-imported from Active Directory. However, while you won't be able to run arbitrary PowerShell scripts all around, for profiles and other local scripts that's only modified manually there's still a solution:

Run the following command in PowerShell to create ceritificate files root.pvk and root.cer - it will ask you to define and then confirm password to the certificate:
```
makecert -n "CN=PowerShell Local Certificate Root" -a sha1 -eku 1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.3 -r -sv root.pvk root.cer -ss Root -sr localMachine
```
In the same folder, run the following command to import generated certificate files as your self-signed certificate - it will ask for the password you're defined above:
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makecert -pe -n "CN=PowerShell User" -ss MY -a sha1 -eku 1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.3 -iv root.pvk -ic root.cer
```

Sign your profile script with the following command:

Set-AuthenticodeSignature "[script path]" @(Get-ChildItem cert:\CurrentUser\My -codesign)[0]

When running a script signed with self-ceritificate for the first time, PowerShell will ask you about trusting the certificate like this:

The file [script path] is published by CN=PowerShell User. This publisher is not trusted on your system. Only run scripts from trusted publishers.

[V] Never run [D] Do not run [R] Run once [A] Always run [?] Help (default is "D")

Answer A to always run self-signed certificates.

Now your profile script won't cause any errors. However, note that signing a certificate adds a signature block in the end of your script containing its hash. If you're about to modify the script, remove that block and, after you're done with editing the script, sign it again by repeating step 3.

Thanks! `Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser` works great. — Nomen Nescio, May 04 '22 at 21:12

score 2 · Answer 9 · answered Nov 02 '20 at 15:21

Specify the shell that will run by default. Here are some examples of different shells:

Bash: /bin/bash

Z shell: /bin/zsh

Bash for Windows: bash.exe

WSL: wsl.exe

PowerShell: powershell

Command Prompt: cmd.exe

Cygwin: "C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe" --login -i

for more info: https://www.jetbrains.com/help/webstorm/settings-tools-terminal.html

score 1 · Answer 10 · answered Sep 20 '18 at 16:10

As of this writing (2018-9-20), there is now a PowerShell plugin available here.

I have installed v1.1 in PyCharm v2018.2.3 (Professional), and it seems to work like a charm, no pun intended.

This plugin provides Intellisense-type support of PS1 scripts, as well as an integrated PowerShell terminal. In order to open the terminal, go to Tools > PowerShell Console...

There appears to be no need to muck about with any kinds of settings or permissions in order to get it to work. It Just Works.

score 1 · Answer 11 · answered Sep 14 '20 at 14:33

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You only need to write powershell in the Shell path input, just like in the image, also you can see jetBrains documentation and configure any shell you want. powershell configuration

answered Sep 14 '20 at 14:33

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score 0 · Answer 12 · edited Sep 19 '18 at 10:55

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For WebStorm and PowerShell 6+ on Windows 10. Just follow this screenshot and change the default cmd.exe to pwsh.exe from settings. Finally restart the ide. Done!

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