How do you remove the PowerShell requirement that scripts and executables be preceded by “.\”?

Question

How do you remove the PowerShell requirement that scripts and executables be preceded by \".\\\"?

The PowerShell warning message that is shown when \"a.exe\" is entered

Answer 1

add in your path (evironment variable) the path where you usually put your script and exe file.

Answer 2

run the command like so:

C:\flutter\bin> .\flutter doctor

Answer 3

It is a security feature so that you do run scripts that you think you are running. That is why unlike cmd, you do not have . ( current directory) in PATH and you have to do .\my.exe etc.

If you don't want to do this and subvert this precaution, add . to your PATH:

$env:PATH =$env:PATH+";."

Answer 4

Rename your script file so that it starts with a '.'.

See https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/issues/9468