Windows-11, `Update-Help -Force`, there is blood = Failed for numerous modules;

PowerShell Help
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OSDisplayVersion      : 23H2
OsVersion             : 10.0.22631
PSVersion: 5.1.22621.4249
======================================
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup:
PSChildName                      Version
-----------                      -------
v2.0.50727                       2.0.50727.4927
v3.0                             3.0.30729.4926
Windows Communication Foundation 3.0.4506.4926
Windows Presentation Foundation  3.0.6920.4902
v3.5                             3.5.30729.4926
Client                           4.8.09032
Full                             4.8.09032
Client                           4.0.0.0

The above machine is suspended from all OS uppdate’s --by every available method.

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PS C:\Users\acct-name> Update-Help -Force
Update-Help : Failed to update Help for the module(s) 'ConfigDefender, ConfigDefenderPerformance, Dism, Get-NetView, 
Kds, NetQos, 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 -Force
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ResourceUnavailable: (:) [Update-Help], Exception
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnableToRetrieveHelpInfoXml,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.UpdateHelpCommand
Update-Help : Failed to update Help for the module(s) 'ConfigDefender, ConfigDefenderPerformance, Dism, Get-NetView,
Kds, NetQos, 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 -Force
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ResourceUnavailable: (:) [Update-Help], Exception
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnableToRetrieveHelpInfoXml,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.UpdateHelpCommand

PS C:\Users\acct-name> Stop-Transcript
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After checking, these are the only Powershell .xml file listings:

PS C:\Users\acct-name> gci -recurse "C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell" | ? name -like *.xml | select directoryname, name | format-list


DirectoryName : C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\Microsoft.PowerShell.Operation.Validation\1.0.1
Name          : Microsoft.PowerShell.Operation.Validation_25bd9e34-bff9-4552-a23d-854857b42462_HelpInfo.xml

DirectoryName : C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\Microsoft.PowerShell.Operation.Validation\1.0.1\en-US
Name          : Microsoft.PowerShell.Operation.Validation-help.xml

DirectoryName : C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PackageManagement\1.0.0.1
Name          : PackageManagement_4ae9fd46-338a-459c-8186-07f910774cb8_HelpInfo.xml

DirectoryName : C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PackageManagement\1.0.0.1\en-US
Name          : Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.dll-Help.xml

DirectoryName : C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PackageManagement\1.4.8.1
Name          : PackageManagement_4ae9fd46-338a-459c-8186-07f910774cb8_HelpInfo.xml

DirectoryName : C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PackageManagement\1.4.8.1\en-US
Name          : Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.dll-Help.xml

DirectoryName : C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1
Name          : PowerShellGet_1d73a601-4a6c-43c5-ba3f-619b18bbb404_HelpInfo.xml

DirectoryName : C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1\en-US
Name          : PSModule-help.xml

DirectoryName : C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PSReadLine\2.0.0
Name          : PSReadLine_5714753b-2afd-4492-a5fd-01d9e2cff8b5_HelpInfo.xml

DirectoryName : C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PSReadLine\2.0.0\en-US
Name          : Microsoft.PowerShell.PSReadLine2.dll-Help.xml

Please do notice, within the above --failed attempt, ‘Pester’ is a listed (failed) item whos sub-dir does exist without a HelpInfo.xml in its sub-dir. The other listed item’s within the above --failed attempt, do-not have a sub-dir respectively labeled. Before I go further into this by using Import-Module,for each missing module listed above, I’d like to understand how --Pester-- has a sub-dir without the specified --HelpInfo.xml. 2) Are the other modules, within the --failed attempt, not part of the base\core Win-11\PS 5.1 install?

Other than the above, Update-Help completed without issue. Please notify and correct where needed.

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I would take a look at the answer on this post:
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