Why does calling “get-help entityframework” in the Package Manager Console cause this error?











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PM> get-help entityframework



get-help : Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

At line:1 char:1

+ get-help entityframework

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-Help], NullReferenceException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.NullReferenceException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetHelpCommand




I guess it might be a problem related to PowerShell so I've listed its version number here



PM> $PSVersionTable.PSVersion

Major Minor Build Revision
----- ----- ----- --------
5 0 10586 494


And I'm using



Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2017
Version 15.8.7









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  • You probaply mean Get-Help about_EntityFrameworkCore Get-Help is meticulous, but you can insert the * wildcard Get-Help about_Entity*
    – LotPings
    Nov 22 at 17:31










  • "get-help nuget" or other similar commands give me a similar errors
    – CyberEgo
    Nov 22 at 17:38












  • I presume that it supposed to work from any provider/location, but what happens when you change the location: Set-Location C:?
    – iRon
    Nov 22 at 19:08












  • @iRon sorry but Set-Location is not relevant to this problem
    – CyberEgo
    Nov 23 at 12:09

















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PM> get-help entityframework



get-help : Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

At line:1 char:1

+ get-help entityframework

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-Help], NullReferenceException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.NullReferenceException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetHelpCommand




I guess it might be a problem related to PowerShell so I've listed its version number here



PM> $PSVersionTable.PSVersion

Major Minor Build Revision
----- ----- ----- --------
5 0 10586 494


And I'm using



Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2017
Version 15.8.7









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  • You probaply mean Get-Help about_EntityFrameworkCore Get-Help is meticulous, but you can insert the * wildcard Get-Help about_Entity*
    – LotPings
    Nov 22 at 17:31










  • "get-help nuget" or other similar commands give me a similar errors
    – CyberEgo
    Nov 22 at 17:38












  • I presume that it supposed to work from any provider/location, but what happens when you change the location: Set-Location C:?
    – iRon
    Nov 22 at 19:08












  • @iRon sorry but Set-Location is not relevant to this problem
    – CyberEgo
    Nov 23 at 12:09















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PM> get-help entityframework



get-help : Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

At line:1 char:1

+ get-help entityframework

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-Help], NullReferenceException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.NullReferenceException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetHelpCommand




I guess it might be a problem related to PowerShell so I've listed its version number here



PM> $PSVersionTable.PSVersion

Major Minor Build Revision
----- ----- ----- --------
5 0 10586 494


And I'm using



Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2017
Version 15.8.7









share|improve this question















PM> get-help entityframework



get-help : Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

At line:1 char:1

+ get-help entityframework

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-Help], NullReferenceException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.NullReferenceException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetHelpCommand




I guess it might be a problem related to PowerShell so I've listed its version number here



PM> $PSVersionTable.PSVersion

Major Minor Build Revision
----- ----- ----- --------
5 0 10586 494


And I'm using



Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2017
Version 15.8.7






visual-studio powershell package-manager-console nuget-cli






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  • You probaply mean Get-Help about_EntityFrameworkCore Get-Help is meticulous, but you can insert the * wildcard Get-Help about_Entity*
    – LotPings
    Nov 22 at 17:31










  • "get-help nuget" or other similar commands give me a similar errors
    – CyberEgo
    Nov 22 at 17:38












  • I presume that it supposed to work from any provider/location, but what happens when you change the location: Set-Location C:?
    – iRon
    Nov 22 at 19:08












  • @iRon sorry but Set-Location is not relevant to this problem
    – CyberEgo
    Nov 23 at 12:09




















  • You probaply mean Get-Help about_EntityFrameworkCore Get-Help is meticulous, but you can insert the * wildcard Get-Help about_Entity*
    – LotPings
    Nov 22 at 17:31










  • "get-help nuget" or other similar commands give me a similar errors
    – CyberEgo
    Nov 22 at 17:38












  • I presume that it supposed to work from any provider/location, but what happens when you change the location: Set-Location C:?
    – iRon
    Nov 22 at 19:08












  • @iRon sorry but Set-Location is not relevant to this problem
    – CyberEgo
    Nov 23 at 12:09


















You probaply mean Get-Help about_EntityFrameworkCore Get-Help is meticulous, but you can insert the * wildcard Get-Help about_Entity*
– LotPings
Nov 22 at 17:31




You probaply mean Get-Help about_EntityFrameworkCore Get-Help is meticulous, but you can insert the * wildcard Get-Help about_Entity*
– LotPings
Nov 22 at 17:31












"get-help nuget" or other similar commands give me a similar errors
– CyberEgo
Nov 22 at 17:38






"get-help nuget" or other similar commands give me a similar errors
– CyberEgo
Nov 22 at 17:38














I presume that it supposed to work from any provider/location, but what happens when you change the location: Set-Location C:?
– iRon
Nov 22 at 19:08






I presume that it supposed to work from any provider/location, but what happens when you change the location: Set-Location C:?
– iRon
Nov 22 at 19:08














@iRon sorry but Set-Location is not relevant to this problem
– CyberEgo
Nov 23 at 12:09






@iRon sorry but Set-Location is not relevant to this problem
– CyberEgo
Nov 23 at 12:09














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Have you recently upgraded any related components? I ask because another user saw similar behaviour with NuGet after an MVC upgrade: https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/2192



Check that your NuGet and Entity Framework packages are up-to-date.



Are there any other strings for which get-help returns a similar error? If not, perhaps go so far as to uninstall and reinstall Entity Framework?






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  • I checked and Nuget and Entity framework are up to date
    – CyberEgo
    Nov 22 at 17:51











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up vote
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Have you recently upgraded any related components? I ask because another user saw similar behaviour with NuGet after an MVC upgrade: https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/2192



Check that your NuGet and Entity Framework packages are up-to-date.



Are there any other strings for which get-help returns a similar error? If not, perhaps go so far as to uninstall and reinstall Entity Framework?






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  • I checked and Nuget and Entity framework are up to date
    – CyberEgo
    Nov 22 at 17:51















up vote
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Have you recently upgraded any related components? I ask because another user saw similar behaviour with NuGet after an MVC upgrade: https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/2192



Check that your NuGet and Entity Framework packages are up-to-date.



Are there any other strings for which get-help returns a similar error? If not, perhaps go so far as to uninstall and reinstall Entity Framework?






share|improve this answer





















  • I checked and Nuget and Entity framework are up to date
    – CyberEgo
    Nov 22 at 17:51













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up vote
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down vote









Have you recently upgraded any related components? I ask because another user saw similar behaviour with NuGet after an MVC upgrade: https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/2192



Check that your NuGet and Entity Framework packages are up-to-date.



Are there any other strings for which get-help returns a similar error? If not, perhaps go so far as to uninstall and reinstall Entity Framework?






share|improve this answer












Have you recently upgraded any related components? I ask because another user saw similar behaviour with NuGet after an MVC upgrade: https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/2192



Check that your NuGet and Entity Framework packages are up-to-date.



Are there any other strings for which get-help returns a similar error? If not, perhaps go so far as to uninstall and reinstall Entity Framework?







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  • I checked and Nuget and Entity framework are up to date
    – CyberEgo
    Nov 22 at 17:51


















  • I checked and Nuget and Entity framework are up to date
    – CyberEgo
    Nov 22 at 17:51
















I checked and Nuget and Entity framework are up to date
– CyberEgo
Nov 22 at 17:51




I checked and Nuget and Entity framework are up to date
– CyberEgo
Nov 22 at 17:51


















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