# Cannot Update-Help

**URL:** <https://forums.powershell.org/t/cannot-update-help/12173>\
**Category:** PowerShell Help\
**Created:** [March 11, 2019, 3:45pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/cannot-update-help/12173 "2019-03-11T15:45:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mcdjeremy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bcef8e/32.png) [@mcdjeremy](https://forums.powershell.org/u/mcdjeremy)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 3:45pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/cannot-update-help/12173/1 "2019-03-11T15:45:10Z")

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Hi everyone, I’m a new PowerShell user trying to run Update-Help. I’m on Windows 7, running PowerShell 5.1. Despite running it as an administrator I always get this error message:

```
update-help : Failed to update Help for the module(s) 'Microsoft.PowerShell.Core, Microsoft.PowerShell.Diagnostics, Microsoft.PowerShell.Host, 
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management, Microsoft.PowerShell.Security, Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility, Microsoft.WSMan.Management' with UI culture(s) {en-US} : Access to the path 
'C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\en-US\Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management.dll-Help.xml' is denied.
At line:1 char:1
+ update-help
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [Update-Help], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnknownErrorId,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.UpdateHelpCommand
```

The file ‘C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\en-US\Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management.dll-Help.xml’ doesn’t exist, though I’m not sure if it’s supposed to exist beforehand. I tried changing permissions for the folders but I wasn’t able to. Any help would be very much appreciated! Thank you!

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**Author:** ![kvprasoon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.powershell.org/kvprasoon/32/4449_2.png) [@kvprasoon](https://forums.powershell.org/u/kvprasoon)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 9:25pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/cannot-update-help/12173/2 "2019-03-11T21:25:25Z")

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Is not mandatory for C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\en-US\Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management.dll-Help.xml to exists for updating the help of Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management module.

Can you try whether you are able to create a file in that location ? try from PowerShell console.

‘some text’ | Out-File -FilePath C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\en-US\test.xml

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**Author:** ![dotnVo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@dotnVo](https://forums.powershell.org/u/dotnVo)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/cannot-update-help/12173/3 "2024-05-16T20:33:11Z")

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