Get-Help about_Automatic_Variables not working

Question

I'm studying PowerShell and both on sites and books it is suggested to call Get-Help about_Automatic_Variables to, for example, get the list of automatic variables returned. I tried calling Get-Help with the following arguments but I always get a list of cmdlets returned:

• about_Variables
• about_Automatic_Variables
• about_Environment_Variables
• about_Preference_Variables
• about_Scopes

What is it that I'm mistaking?

Answer 1

You probably have to update your help using:

Update-Help

Then you should be able to retrieve it using:

get-help about_Automatic_Variables

Answer 2

So the solution from powershell.org is:

Install-Script -Name Install-AboutHelp

in a Administrator powershell to get the missing helpfile.