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Alberto Martín Rodríguez
Alberto Martín Rodríguez

Reputation: 13

Failed to update Help for the module

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Update-Help

Update-Help : Failed to update Help for the module(s) 'WindowsUpdateProvider'
with UI culture(s) {en-US} : Unable to retrieve the HelpInfo XML file for UI
culture en-US. Make sure the HelpInfoUri property in the module manifest is
valid or check your network connection and then try the  command again.
At line:1 char:1
+ Update-Help
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ResourceUnavailable: (:) [Update-Help], Exception
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnableToRetrieveHelpInfoXml,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.UpdateHelpCommand

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32>

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1493

Answers (2)

Kristian Kanchev
Kristian Kanchev

Reputation: 229

Please try the below, sometimes there's no XML document to update.

Update-Help -Verbose -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

Official link to Microsoft: Link

Upvotes: 3

supermerio
supermerio

Reputation: 240

According to this link

Apparently a problem at Microsoft's end it always happens since sometimes there's no XML document to update, so for the time being use this command:

Update-Help -Verbose -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

Upvotes: 0

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