# unable to install .exe files using win package module on a windows sever

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-install-exe-files-using-win-package-module-on-a-windows-sever/33582>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** windows\
**Created:** [August 11, 2020, 10:06am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-install-exe-files-using-win-package-module-on-a-windows-sever/33582 "2020-08-11T10:06:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![surabhy\_vaishakh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@surabhy\_vaishakh](https://forum.ansible.com/u/surabhy_vaishakh)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 10:06am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-install-exe-files-using-win-package-module-on-a-windows-sever/33582/1 "2020-08-11T10:06:56Z")

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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 12, 2020, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-install-exe-files-using-win-package-module-on-a-windows-sever/33582/2 "2020-08-12T20:08:33Z")

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Lots of things could be going wrong here.

What error do you get? Is there anything in windows event log? Change arguments and get the installer to write to a log file and look in that for problems.

Does installer need administrator privilege? May be you need to run using become runas - see [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/plugins/become/runas.html](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/plugins/become/runas.html)?

Hope the above helps