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PowerShell Missing About_ Help Topics after Running Update-Help
PS C:\Windows\system32> update-help
PS C:\Windows\system32>
PS C:\Windows\system32> get-help about_
Name Category Module Synopsis
---- -------- ------ --------
about_WS-Management_Cmdlets HelpFile Provides an overview of Web Services for Management (WS-Management) as
about_CimSession HelpFile Describes a CimSession object and the difference between CIM sessions and
about_ActivityCommonParameters HelpFile Describes the parameters that Windows PowerShell
about_Checkpoint-Workflow HelpFile Describes the Checkpoint-Workflow activity, which
about_Foreach-Parallel HelpFile Describes the ForEach -Parallel language construct in
about_InlineScript HelpFile Describes the InlineScript activity, which runs Windows
about_Parallel HelpFile Describes the Parallel keyword, which runs the
about_Sequence HelpFile Describes the Sequence keyword, which runs selected
about_Suspend-Workflow HelpFile Describes the Suspend-Workflow activity, which suspends
about_WorkflowCommonParameters HelpFile This topic describes the parameters that are valid on all Windows
about_Workflows HelpFile Provides a brief introduction to the Windows
PS C:\Windows\system32> get-help about_Modules
Name Category Module Synopsis
---- -------- ------ --------
Get-Command Cmdlet Microsoft.PowerShell.Core Gets all commands.
Get-Module Cmdlet Microsoft.PowerShell.Core Gets the modules that have been imported or that can be imported into the current session.
Import-Module Cmdlet Microsoft.PowerShell.Core Adds modules to the current session.
Get-EventSubscriber Cmdlet Microsoft.PowerShell.U... Gets the event subscribers in the current session.
Import-PSSession Cmdlet Microsoft.PowerShell.U... Imports commands from another session into the current session.
Register-ObjectEvent Cmdlet Microsoft.PowerShell.U... Subscribes to the events that are generated by a Microsoft .NET Framework object.
Remove-TypeData Cmdlet Microsoft.PowerShell.U... Deletes extended types from the current session.
default HelpFile SHORT DESCRIPTION
PS C:\Windows\system32>
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