# ERROR! 'win\_package' is not a valid attribute for a Play (Ansible controller version is 2.9)

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-win-package-is-not-a-valid-attribute-for-a-play-ansible-controller-version-is-2-9/32842>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [May 4, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-win-package-is-not-a-valid-attribute-for-a-play-ansible-controller-version-is-2-9/32842 "2020-05-04T15:13:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Amit\_Kumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@Amit\_Kumar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Amit_Kumar)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-win-package-is-not-a-valid-attribute-for-a-play-ansible-controller-version-is-2-9/32842/1 "2020-05-04T15:13:44Z")

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Hi ,

As i have created two simple playbook to remove file from window system and create the file on window system.  
But getting error while i execute the both playbook. (Ansible controller version is 2.9)

1. remove\_file.yml

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**Author:** ![abhay\_srivastava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@abhay\_srivastava](https://forum.ansible.com/u/abhay_srivastava)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-win-package-is-not-a-valid-attribute-for-a-play-ansible-controller-version-is-2-9/32842/2 "2020-05-04T15:48:25Z")

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Please installed pywin module in Ansible server.

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**Author:** ![sivel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/sivel/32/1198_2.png) [@sivel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sivel)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-win-package-is-not-a-valid-attribute-for-a-play-ansible-controller-version-is-2-9/32842/3 "2020-05-04T15:51:57Z")

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Your yml files that you have referenced are not properly formatted plays.

Read over this documentation: [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user\_guide/playbooks\_intro.html#playbook-language-example](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_intro.html#playbook-language-example)

Ultimately, your first file is just a file with a task in it, and your 2nd is missing the `tasks:` header.