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PowerShell ISE has a Help Window pop-up, but I cannot enable Parameters (and Description) from Settings - Help Sections. Which is very inconvenient because despite having quick access to this really "helpful" help I still always have to go to online help to see Parameters.

Compare this: enter image description here

To standard: Get-Help Get-Member -Full or full online help.

The same issue persists with new PowerShell ISE preview. And the problem also appears when clicking Help in little GUI for any command in standard PowerShell (not ISE): for example, after running Show-Command Get-Member and pressing ? button.

For info, I already updated help with Update-Help, so it's not the problem.

Is there a way to correct this via GUI or somehow programmatically using $psISE?

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  • How do you access this "Help Window pop-up"? I'm unable to reproduce this using `Get-Help Get-Member -ShowWindow` (PS 5.0 Preview, Server 2012). – beatcracker Feb 06 '16 at 20:41
  • @beatcracker: In standard PowerShell console it works exactly as you have written `Get-Help Get-Member -ShowWindow` (or as I have mentioned `Show-Command Get-Member` and then click `?` button to open Help Window pop-up). In PowerShell ISE console you can type `Get-Member` and press `F1` immediately (or in GUI `View - Show Command Add-on` to enable `Commands` tab, and in `Commands` tab choose `Get-Member` and press `?` button). – Bad Feb 07 '16 at 13:46
  • Still can't reproduce :/ . Is this Win10 on your screenshots? Because AFAIK, Win10 has bundled PS 5.0 and it's not entirely the same as downloadable installer for older OSes. – beatcracker Feb 07 '16 at 18:53
  • Yes, it is Windows 10 with bundled PS 5. Try to install newer versions, maybe [PowerShellISE-preview 5.1.1](https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/PowerShellISE-preview/5.1.1). – Bad Feb 07 '16 at 19:49
  • Yep, `ISE Preview` _is_ bugged! – beatcracker Feb 07 '16 at 20:20

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