# ERROR: win\_unzip is not a legal parameter in an Ansible task or handler

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-win-unzip-is-not-a-legal-parameter-in-an-ansible-task-or-handler/19110>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** windows\
**Created:** [August 25, 2015, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-win-unzip-is-not-a-legal-parameter-in-an-ansible-task-or-handler/19110 "2015-08-25T13:09:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Igal\_Dahan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3bc359/32.png) [@Igal\_Dahan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Igal_Dahan)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-win-unzip-is-not-a-legal-parameter-in-an-ansible-task-or-handler/19110/1 "2015-08-25T13:09:10Z")

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Hi

How can i use win\_unzip ? i am getting such error:

ERROR: win\_unzip is not a legal parameter in an Ansible task or handler

- name: Unzip the IIS file into each directory  
win\_unzip:  
src: “{{windows.mount\_point}}\attribution\_web”  
dest: “D:\{{item}}\bin”  
with\_items:
- api
- click
- imp

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**Author:** ![j.r.hawkesworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a3d4f5/32.png) [@j.r.hawkesworth](https://forum.ansible.com/u/j.r.hawkesworth)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 10:27am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-win-unzip-is-not-a-legal-parameter-in-an-ansible-task-or-handler/19110/2 "2015-08-26T10:27:48Z")

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Which ansible version are you using?

[http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/win\_unzip\_module.html](http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/win_unzip_module.html) states this module is available in version 2.0 so if you are using an older version, this won’t be available yet.

Jon