# Powershell Function via Ansible | Get-AnsibleParam: Missing required argument: \_raw\_params **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [January 27, 2021, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/powershell-function-via-ansible-get-ansibleparam-missing-required-argument-raw-params/34523 "2021-01-27T15:41:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kzersatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7bcc69/32.png) [@kzersatz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/kzersatz)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/powershell-function-via-ansible-get-ansibleparam-missing-required-argument-raw-params/34523/1 "2021-01-27T15:41:24Z")
Executing a rather large playbook revolving around multiple plays to create shares and DFS links, etc. I’ve got a play to do the following. ---
**Author:** ![kzersatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7bcc69/32.png) [@kzersatz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/kzersatz)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/powershell-function-via-ansible-get-ansibleparam-missing-required-argument-raw-params/34523/2 "2021-01-28T16:58:30Z")
Crickets ☹ ---
**Author:** ![jborean](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/jborean/32/1525_2.png) [@jborean](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jborean)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/powershell-function-via-ansible-get-ansibleparam-missing-required-argument-raw-params/34523/3 "2021-01-28T19:28:41Z")
What Ansible version are you running, does it also fail with the same error if you did just “- ansible.windows.win\_shell: echo ‘hi’”. Does win\_command work, what about just “win\_shell” and not the FQCN. ---
**Author:** ![kzersatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7bcc69/32.png) [@kzersatz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/kzersatz)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/powershell-function-via-ansible-get-ansibleparam-missing-required-argument-raw-params/34523/4 "2021-02-01T16:40:19Z")
I’ve got this that I’m connecting to, doing a metric ton of other things as well, so I’m positive the connection is functional and working. ansible 2.9.13 config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg configured module search path = [‘/root/.ansible/plugins/modules’, ‘/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules’] ansible python module location = /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ansible executable location = /usr/local/bin/ansible python version = 3.6.8 (default, Aug 13 2020, 07:46:32) [GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-39)] -------- Test play ---
**Author:** ![jborean](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/jborean/32/1525_2.png) [@jborean](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jborean)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 10:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/powershell-function-via-ansible-get-ansibleparam-missing-required-argument-raw-params/34523/5 "2021-02-01T22:29:26Z")
The win\_shell and win\_command modules don’t support cmd as an args like command/shell do. It’s complaining that the raw missing is missing because you haven’t done ‘win\_shell: my command’. ---
**Author:** ![kzersatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7bcc69/32.png) [@kzersatz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/kzersatz)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/powershell-function-via-ansible-get-ansibleparam-missing-required-argument-raw-params/34523/6 "2021-02-02T13:38:37Z")
So pulling this from [docs.ansible.com](http://docs.ansible.com) - name: Run a command under a non-Powershell interpreter (cmd in this case) ansible.windows. win\_shell: echo %HOMEDIR% args: executable: cmd register: homedir\_out ---
**Author:** ![kzersatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7bcc69/32.png) [@kzersatz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/kzersatz)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/powershell-function-via-ansible-get-ansibleparam-missing-required-argument-raw-params/34523/7 "2021-02-02T15:33:42Z")
I managed to net a better result by specifying the collection at the top of the playbook with collections: - ansible.windows and making the play - name: Hi Jason win\_shell: echo “HI” ---
**Author:** ![jborean](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/jborean/32/1525_2.png) [@jborean](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jborean)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/powershell-function-via-ansible-get-ansibleparam-missing-required-argument-raw-params/34523/8 "2021-02-02T20:19:55Z")
So your particular error is because you are using an Ansible version that is too old. You are trying to run the ‘ansible.windows.win\_shell’ collection module but Ansible hardcoded in a check to only allow win\_shell (the builtin version). This has been fixed in recent Ansible versions (I cannot which but at least 2.10) and in any case the ansible.windows version requires Ansible 2.10+ anyway. So you either need to update your Ansible version or not use the ansible.windows collection on 2.9. ---
**Author:** ![kzersatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7bcc69/32.png) [@kzersatz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/kzersatz)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 8:53pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/powershell-function-via-ansible-get-ansibleparam-missing-required-argument-raw-params/34523/9 "2021-02-02T20:53:50Z")
Got it. I’m attempting to not have to update just yet, we’re integrating Rundeck organization wide and I’m hoping to just need to convert into their environment and call it a day. Thanks again