TOPIC

PowerShell Help System

SHORT DESCRIPTION

Displays help about PowerShell cmdlets and concepts.

LONG DESCRIPTION

PowerShell Help describes PowerShell cmdlets, functions, scripts, and

modules, and explains concepts, including the elements of the PowerShell

language.

PowerShell does not include help files, but you can read the help topics

online, or use the Update-Help cmdlet to download help files to your

computer and then use the Get-Help cmdlet to display the help topics at

the command line.

You can also use the Update-Help cmdlet to download updated help files

as they are released so that your local help content is never obsolete.

Without help files, Get-Help displays auto-generated help for cmdlets,

functions, and scripts.

ONLINE HELP

You can find help for PowerShell online at

https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=108518.

To open online help for any cmdlet or function, type:

Get-Help <cmdlet-name> -Online

UPDATE-HELP

To download and install help files on your computer:

1. Start PowerShell with the "Run as administrator" option.

2. Type:

Update-Help

After the help files are installed, you can use the Get-Help cmdlet to

display the help topics. You can also use the Update-Help cmdlet to

download updated help files so that your local help files are always

up-to-date.

For more information about the Update-Help cmdlet, type:

Get-Help Update-Help -Online

or go to: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=210614

GET-HELP

The Get-Help cmdlet displays help at the command line from content in

help files on your computer. Without help files, Get-Help displays basic

help about cmdlets and functions. You can also use Get-Help to display

online help for cmdlets and functions.

To get help for a cmdlet, type:

Get-Help <cmdlet-name>

To get online help, type:

Get-Help <cmdlet-name> -Online

The titles of conceptual topics begin with "About_". To get help for a

concept or language element, type:

Get-Help About_<topic-name>

To search for a word or phrase in all help files, type:

Get-Help <search-term>

For more information about the Get-Help cmdlet, type:

Get-Help Get-Help -Online

or go to: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113316

EXAMPLES:

Save-Help : Download help files from the internet and save

them on a file share.

Update-Help : Downloads and installs help files from the

internet or a file share.

Get-Help Get-Process : Displays help about the Get-Process cmdlet.

Get-Help Get-Process -Online

: Opens online help for the Get-Process cmdlet.

Help Get-Process : Displays help about Get-Process one page at a

time.

Get-Process -? : Displays help about the Get-Process cmdlet.

Get-Help About_Modules : Displays help about PowerShell modules.

Get-Help remoting : Searches the help topics for the word "remoting."

SEE ALSO:

about_Updatable_Help

Get-Help

Save-Help

Update-Help