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Cmdlet Help Editor is now released on CodePlex

September 20, 2011 Sep 20, 2011 09/20/11
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I published the source code for the Cmdlet Help Editor on CodePlex here: http://cmdlethelpeditor.codeplex.com/ . Please feel free to contribute. for more information on the Cmdlet Help Editor, please check out the following post: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2007/09/01/new-and-improved-cmdlet-help-editor-tool.aspx  ...

Download the Updated Core Help CHM

May 16, 2011 May 16, 2011 05/16/11
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The best way to get updated help for Windows PowerShell core commands is to type "Get-Help –Online <cmdletname>," but that works only when you're online and your firewall permits Internet access. For all of those other times, there's the new Windows PowerShell 2.0 Core Help – May 2011 Update in CHM format. The newly released...

Keeping Help Helpful: Use -Online and Redirectable Links

April 22, 2011 Apr 22, 2011 04/22/11
PowerShell Team
When you refer to Windows PowerShell help topics, such as in tools and blog posts, be sure to refer to the most recent version of the help topics. Few things are less helpful or more confusing than sending a reader to a topic that is missing a parameter or includes an example that doesn't work. To be sure ...

Get Localized PowerShell Help Files

February 8, 2010 Feb 8, 2010 02/8/10
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The Windows PowerShell core help files that were included in Windows 7 RTM were localized into ten languages. You can download the XML and TXT versions of these localized files and use them in your Windows PowerShell projects. The Windows PowerShell core help files are localized into the following languages:   ·   &...

Get-Help Can't Find My Help File!

July 16, 2007 Jul 16, 2007 07/16/07
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(or How to Define the Help File Name in a Custom Windows PowerShell Snap-in)   We've discovered an error in our instructions for creating a custom Windows PowerShell snap-in. This error prevents Get-Help from finding the help files for cmdlets in the snap-in. We'd like to come clean about our mistake and to warn you about the effects of ...

Draft – Creating Cmdlet Help

September 14, 2006 Sep 14, 2006 09/14/06
PowerShell Team
NOTE: This content is also included as an RTF attachment as well. Creating Cmdlet Help When creating your own cmdlet, you can also create Help content that Windows PowerShell can display using the Get-Help cmdlet. The Help content that describes your cmdlet can include a description of the cmdlet, the syntax used by your cmdlet, ...