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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Update-Help fails silently for UICulture en-GB","articleBody":"### Prerequisites\n\n- [X] Write a descriptive title.\n- [X] Make sure you are able to repro it on the [latest released version](https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases)\n- [X] Search the existing issues.\n- [X] Refer to the [FAQ](https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/blob/master/docs/FAQ.md).\n- [X] Refer to [Differences between Windows PowerShell 5.1 and PowerShell](https://docs.microsoft.com/powershell/scripting/whats-new/differences-from-windows-powershell).\n\n### Steps to reproduce\n\nHelp pages for `about_topics` are missing and cannot be downloaded on en-GB locale. Verbose output shows only redirects and zero downloads. Issue can be fixed by passing `-UICulture en-US` to `Update-Help`. I understand that the help pages are set to specific locale, but if it causes them to be completely missing in a different locale of same language, it's a bad user experience. Either show a warning \"Help pages for UICulture en-GB not found, but available in en-US, try calling with `-UICulture en-US`\", or just download them automatically. `Get-Help` already works with partial locale matches, just `Update-Help` needs fixing. \r\n\r\n```powershell\r\n\u003e Get-UICulture\r\nLCID             Name             DisplayName\r\n----             ----             -----------\r\n2057             en-GB            English (United Kingdom)\r\n\u003e Update-Help -Force -Verbose\r\n```\r\n\n\n### Expected behavior\n\n```console\n\u003e Get-Help about_operators\r\nABOUT_OPERATORS\r\nShort description\r\nDescribes the operators that are supported by PowerShell.\n```\n\n\n### Actual behavior\n\n```console\n\u003e Get-Help about_operators\r\nGet-Help: Get-Help could not find about_operators 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.\n```\n\n\n### Error details\n\n```console\n\u003e get-error\r\nException             :\r\n    Type        : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.HelpNotFoundException\r\n    ErrorRecord :\r\n        Exception             :\r\n            Type    : System.Management.Automation.ParentContainsErrorRecordException\r\n            Message : Get-Help could not find about_operators in a help file in this session.\r\nTo download updated help topics type: \"Update-Help\". To get help online, search for the help\r\ntopic in the TechNet library at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=107116.\r\n            HResult : -2146233087\r\n        CategoryInfo          : ResourceUnavailable: (:) [],\r\nParentContainsErrorRecordException\r\n        FullyQualifiedErrorId : HelpNotFound\r\n        ErrorDetails          :\r\n    HelpTopic   : about_operators\r\n    Message     : Get-Help could not find about_operators in a help file in this session. To\r\ndownload updated help topics type: \"Update-Help\". To get help online, search for the help\r\ntopic in the TechNet library at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=107116.\r\n    HResult     : -2146233087\r\nCategoryInfo          : ResourceUnavailable: (:) [Get-Help], HelpNotFoundException\r\nFullyQualifiedErrorId : HelpNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetHelpCommand\r\nInvocationInfo        :\r\n    MyCommand        : Get-Help\r\n    ScriptLineNumber : 1\r\n    OffsetInLine     : 1\r\n    HistoryId        : 8\r\n    Line             : get-help about_operators\r\n    PositionMessage  : At line:1 char:1\r\n                       + get-help about_operators\r\n                       + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r\n    InvocationName   : get-help\r\n    CommandOrigin    : Internal\r\nScriptStackTrace      : at \u003cScriptBlock\u003e, \u003cNo file\u003e: line 1\r\nPipelineIterationInfo :\n```\n\n\n### Environment data\n\n```powershell\n\u003e $PSVersionTable\r\nName                           Value\r\n----                           -----\r\nPSVersion                      7.3.0-preview.5\r\nPSEdition                      Core\r\nGitCommitId                    7.3.0-preview.5\r\nOS                             Linux 5.15.0-1011-raspi #13-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT Thu Jun 2 11:44…\r\nPlatform                       Unix\r\nPSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}\r\nPSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3\r\nSerializationVersion           1.1.0.1\r\nWSManStackVersion              3.0\n```\n\n\n### Visuals\n\n_No response_","author":{"url":"https://github.com/dkaszews","@type":"Person","name":"dkaszews"},"datePublished":"2022-07-16T18:15:13.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":14},"url":"https://github.com/17696/PowerShell/issues/17696"}