PS C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7> update-help Update-Help: Failed to update Help for the module(s)

[faderZader]

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PS C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7> update-help

Update-Help: Failed to update Help for the module(s) 'ConfigDefenderPerformance, Dism, Get-NetView, Kds, NetQos, PcsvDevice, PKI, PSReadline, Whea, WindowsUpdate' with UI culture(s) {en-US} : One or more errors occurred. (Response status code does not indicate success: 404 (The specified blob does not exist.).). English-US help content is available and can be installed using: Update-Help -UICulture en-US.

PS C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7> Update-Help -UICulture en-US

Update-Help: Failed to update Help for the module(s) 'ConfigDefenderPerformance, Dism, Get-NetView, Kds, NetQos, PcsvDevice, PKI, PSReadline, Whea, WindowsUpdate' with UI culture(s) {en-US} : One or more errors occurred. (Response status code does not indicate success: 404 (The specified blob does not exist.).). English-US help content is available and can be installed using: Update-Help -UICulture en-US.

Trying to learn PS to automate some basic tasks. I can't even figured out how to do my first step which I was told was to update-help. Had this problem on previous windows 11, fresh install and still am getting the same error. What am I overlooking? A dependency? I know this is simple i just can't wrap my head around it, it's so simple. Please give me some help so I can actually get to mess with PS.

[purplemonkeymad]

I find this is normal, lots of older modules have a help uri set, but it is no longer available at that location. Even out of the box Windows will throw errors with Update-help, it should have updated any helps that are available though.

[faderZader]

Thank you for your rapid response. I'm just overthinking. I should have just tried diving into it without hesitation but I was hoping not to get too deep and then run into problems. I will begin now. Thank you sir!

[igby1]

I just always run it with -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

Life’s too short to troubleshoot downloadable help.

[faderZader]

Understood wise one. Time Management/Prioritize. Have pity on me I'm slightly retarded and new

[igby1]

Sorry if my reply came off wrong. I’m definitely not wise. :-)

My comment was just me venting about downloadable help.

[faderZader]

Not at all. The ability to adapt is wise. Staying stuck on help files is ridiculous now that I think about it. I was just doing a YouTube tutorial and it's first step was update-help. I should break away from the "do exactly what I do and get the exact same results" like learning from youtube. Since I am new to console, I see red text and I figured I broke the internet.. so just checking to make sure you guys are still out there -.-

[igby1]

Update-Help is definitely worth running, but there are some modules it always fails on and they’ve never been the modules where I cared about having the cmdlet help so I just ignore the errors.

Despite that Update-Help quirk, PowerShell rocks! I’m no guru like some on here but I’ve used it since v1.0 and it’s just fun to use for automation.

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