powershell gh command fails after running update-hlp

Question

somewhat new to Powershell and trying to use get-help about-scripts or any about command and all update-help is failing with this error..

update-help : Failed to update Help for the module(s) 'ConfigDefender, ConfigDefenderPerformance, DefenderPerformance, Dism, Get-NetView, Kds, NetQos, PcsvDevice, Pester, PKI, StorageBusCache, VMDirectStorage, Whea, WindowsUpdate' 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.
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+ update-help

update-help about-scripts fails with this error:

get-help : Get-Help could not find about-scripts in a help file in this session. To download updated help topics type: "Update-Help". To get help online, search for the help topic in the TechNet library at https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=107116.
At line:1 char:1
+ get-help about-scripts
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ResourceUnavailable: (:) [Get-Help], HelpNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : HelpNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetHelpCommand

Any thoughts or suggestions welcome. Thanks.

In powershell 5.1 on windows 11 tried get-help about-scripts and got message

get-help : Get-Help could not find about-scripts in a help file in this session. To download updated help topics type: "Update-Help". To get help online, search for the help topic in the TechNet library at https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=107116.
At line:1 char:1
+ get-help about-scripts
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ResourceUnavailable: (:) [Get-Help], HelpNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : HelpNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetHelpCommand

Tried to run update-help and got

update-help : Failed to update Help for the module(s) 'ConfigDefender, ConfigDefenderPerformance, DefenderPerformance, Dism, Get-NetView, Kds, NetQos, PcsvDevice, Pester, PKI, StorageBusCache, VMDirectStorage, Whea, WindowsUpdate' 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
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mklement0 · Accepted Answer · 2023-03-22T16:13:45.717

You're looking for the conceptual about_Scripts help topic, which you misspelled as about-scripts (- rather than _).
- Note that you can use wildcards with Get-Help / help, so you could have discovered the correct title with Get-Help *scripts*, for instance (if there's only one match, that matching topic is instantly displayed; otherwise, you'll get a list of matching topics).
Conceptual help topics (those titled about_*) cannot be updated separately, Update-Help expects the name of one or more installed modules instead (and the help for those modules may include about_* topics).
Update-Help can fail, if the targeted modules either have no links to downloadable online help sources associated with them, or if those links are no longer valid.
- See this answer for additional information about Update-Help

Thanks for taking the time to read and respond. Both your suggestions were helpful. Tried about_scripts and that returned help on scripts. — strolling_along, Mar 22 '23 at 16:06

powershell gh command fails after running update-hlp

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