02 January 2015

Update poweshell help for computers not connected to internet


Starting with powershell v3 the help files must be downloaded as separate files an can also be updated in case something has changed.

if the computer have a internet connection available Update-Help cmdlet will download and install the help or just update it if is allready installed.

if the computer does not have an internet connection available then the help files can be downloaded on a computer that have an internet connection available and then transferred to an internal network share or directly to the computer that need to update the help files.

to save the help files from the internet use:

Save-Help -DestinationPath c:\temp\PowershellHelpFiles

destination path can also be a network location \\fileserver\FolderName

After that, on the computer that need to be updated run a powershell console with elevated rights (RunAs Administrator) and type:

Update-Help -SourcePath c:\temp\PowershellHelpFiles

source path can also be a network location \\fileserver\FolderName

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