This is the built-in help made by Microsoft for the command 'Update-TypeData', in PowerShell version 2 - as retrieved from
Windows version 'Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Ultimate ' PowerShell help files on 2016-06-23.
For PowerShell version 3 and up, where you have Update-Help, this command was run just before creating the web pages from the help files.
Updates the current extended type configuration by reloading the *.types.ps1xml files into memory.
Update-TypeData [[-AppendPath] <string[]>] [-PrependPath <string[]>] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]
The Update-TypeData cmdlet updates the current extended type configuration by reloading the *.types.ps1xml files into memory. Extended type infor
mation is normally loaded when Windows PowerShell requires the type information it contains. The Update-TypeData cmdlet can be used to preload al
l type information. It is particularly useful when you are developing types and want to load those new types for testing purposes.
For more information about the *types.ps1xml files in Windows PowerShell, see about_Types.ps1xml.
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C:\PS>update-typedata
Description
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This example updates the extended type configuration from the *.types.ps1xml files.
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C:\PS>update-typedata -prependpath typesA.types.Ps1xml, typesB.types.Ps1xml
Description
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This example updates the extended type configuration from the *.types.ps1xml files, processing the typesA and typesB files first.