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Couldn't Update-Help (ConfigDefender primary concern)

Open jat-247 opened this issue 3 years ago • 1 comments

I get the following error when running Update-Help (Administrative PowerShell):

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Update-Help

Update-Help : Failed to update Help for the module(s) 'ConfigDefender, ConfigDefenderPerformance, PSReadline' 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

I stumbled upon this because I was looking into the module ConfigDefender specifically, because when trying to use PowerShell within a Visual Studio project and calling the command Get-MpPreference it throws an exception: "System.Management.Automation.CommandNotFoundException: The 'Get-MpPreference' command was found in the module 'ConfigDefender', but the module could not be loaded. For more information, run 'Import-Module ConfigDefender'.

Unfortunately, I can't get any information on ConfigDefender without some help files, and google results didn't turn up much if anything. I tried running the command Import-Module ConfigDefender and it runs without any error, however if I try Remove-Module ConfigDefender I get the following error:

Remove-Module : No modules were removed. Verify that the specification of modules to remove is correct and those
modules exist in the runspace.
At line:1 char:1
+ Remove-Module ConfigDefender
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ResourceUnavailable: (:) [Remove-Module], InvalidOperationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Modules_NoModulesRemoved,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RemoveModuleCommand

Any help/guidance would be much appreciated.

jat-247 avatar Jun 21 '22 22:06 jat-247

Bump.

Same issue with ConfigDefender, ConfigDefenderPerformance, HostNetworkingService, and PSReadline

randomxusr avatar Jul 12 '22 02:07 randomxusr

This repository is for PowerShell core documentation. You seem to be looking for support, which we can't provide here.

I suggest you try posting your issue with context in one of the available community support forums.

scanum avatar Nov 07 '22 06:11 scanum