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* (MicrosoftDocsGH-8799) Clean up formatting for non-core reference

* Update reference/5.1/PSWorkflow/About/about_WorkflowCommonParameters.md

Co-authored-by: Sean Wheeler <sean.wheeler@microsoft.com>

reference/5.1/CimCmdlets/Remove-CimInstance.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 external help file: Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimCmdlets.dll-Help.xml
 Locale: en-US
 Module Name: CimCmdlets
-ms.date: 06/21/2021
+ms.date: 05/17/2022
 online version: https://docs.microsoft.com/powershell/module/cimcmdlets/remove-ciminstance?view=powershell-5.1&WT.mc_id=ps-gethelp
 schema: 2.0.0
 title: Remove-CimInstance
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ Accept wildcard characters: False
 
 ### -Namespace
 
-Specifies the namespace for the CIM operation. The default namespace is **root/cimv2**. You can use
+Specifies the namespace for the CIM operation. The default namespace is `root/cimv2`. You can use
 tab completion to browse the list of namespaces, because PowerShell gets a list of namespaces from
 the local WMI server to provide the list of namespaces.
 
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ Accept wildcard characters: False
 ### -OperationTimeoutSec
 
 Specifies the amount of time that the cmdlet waits for a response from the computer. By default, the
-value of this parameter is 0, which means that the cmdlet uses the default timeout value for the
+value of this parameter is `0`, which means that the cmdlet uses the default timeout value for the
 server.
 
 If the **OperationTimeoutSec** parameter is set to a value less than the robust connection retry
@@ -195,10 +195,10 @@ Accept wildcard characters: False
 Specifies a query to run on the CIM server. You can specify the query dialect using the
 **QueryDialect** parameter.
 
-If the value specified contains double quotes ("), single quotes ('), or a backslash (`\`), you must
-escape those characters by prefixing them with the backslash (`\`) character. If the value specified
-uses the WQL LIKE operator, then you must escape the following characters by enclosing them in
-square brackets (`[]`): percent (%), underscore (`_`), or opening square bracket (`[`).
+If the value specified contains double quotes (`"`), single quotes (`'`), or a backslash (`\`), you
+must escape those characters by prefixing them with the backslash (`\`) character. If the value
+specified uses the WQL `LIKE` operator, then you must escape the following characters by enclosing
+them in square brackets (`[]`): percent (`%`), underscore (`_`), or opening square bracket (`[`).
 
 ```yaml
 Type: System.String
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ Accept wildcard characters: False
 ### -QueryDialect
 
 Specifies the query language used for the Query parameter. The acceptable values for this parameter
-are: **WQL** or **CQL**. The default value is **WQL**.
+are: `WQL` or `CQL`. The default value is `WQL`.
 
 ```yaml
 Type: System.String
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ By default, if you do not specify this parameter, the DMTF standard resource URI
 ResourceURI can only be used with CIM sessions created using the WSMan protocol, or when specifying
 the ComputerName parameter, which creates a CIM session using WSMan. If you specify this parameter
 without specifying the ComputerName parameter, or if you specify a CIM session created using DCOM
-protocol, you will get an error, because the DCOM protocol does not support the ResourceURI
+protocol, you get an error, because the DCOM protocol does not support the **ResourceURI**
 parameter.
 
 If both the **ResourceUri** parameter and the **Filter** parameter are specified, the **Filter**

reference/5.1/ISE/Import-IseSnippet.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 external help file: ISE-help.xml
 Locale: en-US
 Module Name: ISE
-ms.date: 06/09/2017
+ms.date: 05/17/2022
 online version: https://docs.microsoft.com/powershell/module/ise/import-isesnippet?view=powershell-5.1&WT.mc_id=ps-gethelp
 schema: 2.0.0
 title: Import-IseSnippet
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ Import-IseSnippet -Module SnippetModule -ListAvailable
 
 ### Example 3: Find snippets in modules
 
-This example gets snippets in all installed modules in the PSModulePath environment variable.
+This example gets snippets in all installed modules in the **PSModulePath** environment variable.
 
 ```powershell
 ($env:PSModulePath).split(";") |
@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@ you don't need to run a command like this because modules that have snippets wil
 
 ### Example 5: Copy all module snippets
 
-This example copies the snippet files from all installed modules into the Snippets directory of the
-current user. Unlike imported snippets, which affect only the current session, copied snippets are
-available in every Windows PowerShell ISE session.
+This example copies the snippet files from all installed modules into the `Snippets` directory of
+the current user. Unlike imported snippets, which affect only the current session, copied snippets
+are available in every Windows PowerShell ISE session.
 
 ```powershell
 ($env:PSModulePath).split(";") |
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ Accept wildcard characters: False
 Imports snippets from the specified module into the current session. Wildcard characters are not
 supported.
 
-This parameter imports snippets from Snippet.ps1xml files in the Snippets subdirectory in the module
-path, such as `$home\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\<ModuleName>\Snippets`.
+This parameter imports snippets from `Snippet.ps1xml` files in the Snippets subdirectory in the
+module path, such as `$home\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\<ModuleName>\Snippets`.
 
 This parameter is designed to be used by module authors in a startup script, such as a script
 specified in the **ScriptsToProcess** key of a module manifest. Snippets in a module are not

reference/5.1/Microsoft.PowerShell.Diagnostics/Export-Counter.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 external help file: Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Diagnostics.dll-help.xml
 Locale: en-US
 Module Name: Microsoft.PowerShell.Diagnostics
-ms.date: 10/12/2020
+ms.date: 05/17/2022
 online version: https://docs.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.diagnostics/export-counter?view=powershell-5.1&WT.mc_id=ps-gethelp
 schema: 2.0.0
 title: Export-Counter
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ Export-Counter [-Path] <String> [-FileFormat <String>] [-MaxSize <UInt32>]
 
 ## DESCRIPTION
 
-The `Export-Counter` cmdlet exports performance counter data (PerformanceCounterSampleSet objects)
-to log files in binary performance log (.blg), comma-separated value (.csv), or tab-separated value
-(.tsv) format. You use this cmdlet to log performance counter data.
+The `Export-Counter` cmdlet exports performance counter data (**PerformanceCounterSampleSet**
+objects) to log files in binary performance log (`.blg`), comma-separated value (`.csv`), or
+tab-separated value (`.tsv`) format. You use this cmdlet to log performance counter data.
 
 The `Export-Counter` cmdlet is designed to export data that is returned by the `Get-Counter` and
 `Import-Counter` cmdlets.
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ Get-Counter "\Processor(*)\% Processor Time" | Export-Counter -Path $home\Counte
 ```
 
 The command uses the `Get-Counter` cmdlet to collect processor time data. It uses a pipeline
-operator (|) to send the data to the `Export-Counter` cmdlet. The `Export-Counter` command uses the
-**Path** variable to specify the output file.
+operator (`|`) to send the data to the `Export-Counter` cmdlet. The `Export-Counter` command uses
+the **Path** variable to specify the output file.
 
 Because the data set might be very large, this example sends the data to `Export-Counter` through
 the pipeline. If the data were saved in a variable, you might use a disproportionate amount of
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ The first command uses the `Get-Counter` cmdlet to collect working set counter d
 remote computer. The command saves the data in the `$C` variable.
 
 The second command uses a pipeline operator (`|`) to send the data in `$C` to the `Export-Counter`
-cmdlet, which saves it in the `Workingset.blg` file in the Perf share of the Server01 computer.
+cmdlet, which saves it in the `Workingset.blg` file in the `Perf` share of the Server01 computer.
 
 ```powershell
 $C = Get-Counter -ComputerName Server01 -Counter "\Process(*)\Working Set - Private" -MaxSamples $C | Export-Counter -Path \\Server01\Perf\WorkingSet.blg
@@ -90,15 +90,15 @@ This example shows how to use the `Import-Counter` and `Export-Counter` cmdlets
 data.
 
 The first command uses the `Import-Counter` cmdlet to import performance counter data from the
-DiskSpace.blg log. It saves the data in the `$All` variable. This file contains samples of the
+`DiskSpace.blg` log. It saves the data in the `$All` variable. This file contains samples of the
 "LogicalDisk\% Free Space" counter on more than 200 remote computers in the enterprise.
 
 The second command uses the `Where-Object` cmdlet to select objects with **CookedValue** of less
 than 15 (percent). The command saves the results in the `$LowSpace` variable.
 
 The third command uses a pipeline operator (`|`) to send the data in the `$LowSpace` variable to the
 `Export-Counter` cmdlet. The command uses the **Path** parameter to indicate that the selected data
-should be logged in the LowDiskSpace.blg file.
+should be logged in the `LowDiskSpace.blg` file.
 
 ```powershell
 $All = Import-Counter DiskSpace.blg
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ $LowSpace | Export-Counter -Path LowDiskSpace.blg
 
 ### -Circular
 
-Indicates that the output file is a circular log with first in, first out (FIFO) format.
-When you include this parameter, the **MaxSize** parameter is required.
+Indicates that the output file is a circular log with first in, first out (FIFO) format. When you
+include this parameter, the **MaxSize** parameter is required.
 
 ```yaml
 Type: System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter
@@ -131,11 +131,11 @@ Specifies the output format of the output log file.
 
 The acceptable values for this parameter are:
 
-- CSV
-- TSV
-- BLG
+- `CSV`
+- `TSV`
+- `BLG`
 
-The default value is BLG.
+The default value is `BLG`.
 
 ```yaml
 Type: System.String
@@ -151,7 +151,8 @@ Accept wildcard characters: False
 
 ### -Force
 
-Overwrites and replaces an existing file if one exists in the location specified by the **Path** parameter.
+Overwrites and replaces an existing file if one exists in the location specified by the **Path**
+parameter.
 
 ```yaml
 Type: System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter

reference/5.1/Microsoft.PowerShell.Diagnostics/Get-Counter.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 external help file: Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Diagnostics.dll-Help.xml
 Locale: en-US
 Module Name: Microsoft.PowerShell.Diagnostics
-ms.date: 06/21/2021
+ms.date: 05/17/2022
 online version: https://docs.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.diagnostics/get-counter?view=powershell-5.1&WT.mc_id=ps-gethelp
 schema: 2.0.0
 title: Get-Counter
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ Path                                         InstanceName        CookedValue
 `Get-Counter` uses the **Counter** parameter to specify the counter
 `\Processor(*)\% Processor Time`. The values are stored in the `$Counter` variable. The objects
 stored in `$Counter.CounterSamples` are sent down the pipeline. `Where-Object` uses a script block
-to compare each objects value against a specified value of 20. The `$_.CookedValue` is a variable
+to compare each objects value against a specified value of `20`. The `$_.CookedValue` is a variable
 for the current object in the pipeline. Counters with a **CookedValue** that is less than 20 are
 displayed.
 
@@ -599,7 +599,8 @@ Accept wildcard characters: False
 
 This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable,
 -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose,
--WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see [about_CommonParameters](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).
+-WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see
+[about_CommonParameters](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).
 
 ## INPUTS
 

reference/5.1/Microsoft.PowerShell.Diagnostics/Import-Counter.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 external help file: Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Diagnostics.dll-Help.xml
 Locale: en-US
 Module Name: Microsoft.PowerShell.Diagnostics
-ms.date: 09/28/2021
+ms.date: 05/17/2022
 online version: https://docs.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.diagnostics/import-counter?view=powershell-5.1&WT.mc_id=ps-gethelp
 schema: 2.0.0
 title: Import-Counter
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ the log.
 ### GetCounterSet (Default)
 
 ```
-Import-Counter [-Path] <String[]> [-StartTime <DateTime>] [-EndTime <DateTime>] [-Counter <String[]>]
- [-MaxSamples <Int64>] [<CommonParameters>]
+Import-Counter [-Path] <String[]> [-StartTime <DateTime>] [-EndTime <DateTime>]
+[-Counter <String[]>] [-MaxSamples <Int64>] [<CommonParameters>]
 ```
 
 ### ListSetSet
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ $i | Export-Counter -Path .\Interrupts.csv -Format CSV
 ```
 
 The first command uses `Import-Counter` to import all of the performance counter data from the
-`ProcessorData.blg files`. The command saves the data in the `$data` variable.
+`ProcessorData.blg` files. The command saves the data in the `$data` variable.
 
 The second command displays the counter paths in the `$data` variable. To get the display shown in
 the command output, the example uses the `Format-Table` cmdlet to format as a table the counter
@@ -125,9 +125,9 @@ The fourth command displays the selected counter paths in the `$intCtrs` variabl
 
 The fifth command uses the `Import-Counter` cmdlet to import the data. It uses the `$intCtrs`
 variable as the value of the **Counter** parameter to import only data for the counter paths in
-$IntCtrs.
+`$intCtrs`.
 
-The sixth command uses the Export-Counter cmdlet to export the data to the `Interrupts.csv` file.
+The sixth command uses the `Export-Counter` cmdlet to export the data to the `Interrupts.csv` file.
 
 ### Example 4: Display all counter paths in a group of imported counter sets
 
@@ -177,9 +177,9 @@ counter sets that are represented in a counter data file.
 
 The second command gets all of the counter paths from the list set.
 
-### Example 5: Import counter data from a range of time stamps
+### Example 5: Import counter data from a range of timestamps
 
-This example imports only the counter data that has a time stamp between the starting an ending
+This example imports only the counter data that has a timestamp between the starting an ending
 ranges specified in the command.
 
 ```powershell
@@ -188,10 +188,10 @@ $start = [datetime]"7/9/2008 3:47:00 PM"; $end = [datetime]"7/9/2008 3:47:59 PM"
 Import-Counter -Path Disk.blg -StartTime $start -EndTime $end
 ```
 
-The first command lists in a table the time stamps of all of the data in the `ProcessorData.blg`
+The first command lists in a table the timestamps of all of the data in the `ProcessorData.blg`
 file.
 
-The second command saves particular time stamps in the `$start` and `$end` variables. The strings
+The second command saves particular timestamps in the `$start` and `$end` variables. The strings
 are cast to **DateTime** objects.
 
 The third command uses the `Import-Counter` cmdlet to get only counter data that has a time stamp
@@ -200,7 +200,8 @@ parameters of `Import-Counter` to specify the range.
 
 ### Example 6: Import a specified number of the oldest samples from a performance counter log file
 
-This example shows how to import the five oldest and five newest samples from a performance counter log file.
+This example shows how to import the five oldest and five newest samples from a performance counter
+log file.
 
 ```powershell
 Import-Counter -Path "Disk.blg" -MaxSamples 5
@@ -267,7 +268,7 @@ Specifies, as a string array, the performance counters. By default, `Import-Coun
 data from all counters in the input files. Enter one or more counter paths. Wildcards are permitted
 in the Instance part of the path.
 
-Each counter path has the following format. The ComputerName value is required in the path. For
+Each counter path has the following format. The `ComputerName` value is required in the path. For
 instance:
 
 - `\\<ComputerName>\<CounterSet>(<Instance>)\<CounterName>`
@@ -405,7 +406,8 @@ Accept wildcard characters: False
 
 This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable,
 -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose,
--WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see [about_CommonParameters](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).
+-WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see
+[about_CommonParameters](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).
 
 ## INPUTS
 

reference/5.1/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management/Add-Content.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 external help file: Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management.dll-Help.xml
 Locale: en-US
 Module Name: Microsoft.PowerShell.Management
-ms.date: 11/03/2021
+ms.date: 05/16/2022
 online version: https://docs.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.management/add-content?view=powershell-5.1&WT.mc_id=ps-gethelp
 schema: 2.0.0
 title: Add-Content
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ Mode                LastWriteTime         Length Name
   `IsReadOnlyTextFile.txt` in the current directory.
 - The `Set-ItemProperty` cmdlet uses the **Name** and **Value** parameters to change the file's
   **IsReadOnly** property to True.
-- The `Get-ChildItem` cmdlet shows the file is empty (0) and has the read-only attribute (`r`).
+- The `Get-ChildItem` cmdlet shows the file is empty (`0`) and has the read-only attribute (`r`).
 - The `Add-Content` cmdlet uses the **Path** parameter to specify the file. The **Value** parameter
   includes the text string to append to the file. The **Force** parameter writes the text to the
   read-only file.

reference/5.1/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management/Clear-EventLog.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 external help file: Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management.dll-Help.xml
 Locale: en-US
 Module Name: Microsoft.PowerShell.Management
-ms.date: 06/09/2017
+ms.date: 05/17/2022
 online version: https://docs.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.management/clear-eventlog?view=powershell-5.1&WT.mc_id=ps-gethelp
 schema: 2.0.0
 title: Clear-EventLog
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ Clears all entries from specified event logs on the local or remote computers.
 ## SYNTAX
 
 ```
-Clear-EventLog [-LogName] <String[]> [[-ComputerName] <String[]>] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]
+Clear-EventLog [-LogName] <String[]> [[-ComputerName] <String[]>] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm]
+[<CommonParameters>]
 ```
 
 ## DESCRIPTION
@@ -24,9 +25,9 @@ The `Clear-EventLog` cmdlet deletes all of the entries from the specified event
 computer or on remote computers. To use `Clear-EventLog`, you must be a member of the Administrators
 group on the affected computer.
 
-The cmdlets that contain the **EventLog** noun (the EventLog cmdlets) work only on classic event
+The cmdlets that contain the `EventLog` noun (the `EventLog` cmdlets) work only on classic event
 logs. To get events from logs that use the Windows Event Log technology in Windows Vista and later
-versions of Windows, use the Get-WinEvent cmdlet.
+versions of Windows, use the `Get-WinEvent` cmdlet.
 
 ## EXAMPLES
 
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ before they were displayed.
 Specifies a remote computer. The default is the local computer.
 
 Type the NetBIOS name, an Internet Protocol (IP) address, or a fully qualified domain name of a
-remote computer. To specify the local computer, type the computer name, a dot (.), or "localhost".
+remote computer. To specify the local computer, type the computer name, a dot (`.`), or `localhost`.
 
 This parameter does not rely on Windows PowerShell remoting. You can use the **ComputerName**
 parameter of `Get-EventLog` even if your computer is not configured to run remote commands.
@@ -154,8 +155,7 @@ Accept wildcard characters: False
 
 ### -WhatIf
 
-Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs.
-The cmdlet is not run.
+Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.
 
 ```yaml
 Type: System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ This cmdlet does not generate any output.
 ## NOTES
 
 - To use `Clear-EventLog` on Windows Vista and later versions of Windows, start Windows PowerShell
-  with the "Run as administrator" option.
+  with the **Run as administrator** option.
 
 ## RELATED LINKS