I guess it's still the same thing:

*Playbook:*
  ansible.windows.win_powershell:
    script: |
            try {
                Get-Process | Where-Object {$_.ProcessName -eq 
"ServerManager.exe"} | Stop-Process -Force
                $file = Get-Item 
"$env:USERPROFILE\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\ServerManager\ServerList.xml"
                Copy-Item -Path $file -Destination $file-backup -Force
                $xml = [xml] (Get-Content $file )
                $newserver1 = @($xml.ServerList.ServerInfo)[0].clone()
                $newserver1.name = "{{ DomainController }}"
                $newserver1.lastUpdateTime = "$(Get-Date -Format 
"yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss")"
                $newserver1.status = "1"
                $xml.ServerList.AppendChild($newserver1)
                $xml.Save($file.FullName)
                $newserver2 = @($xml.ServerList.ServerInfo)[0].clone()
                $newserver2.name = "{{ RDSServer }}"
                $newserver2.lastUpdateTime = "$(Get-Date -Format 
"yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss")"
                $newserver2.status = "1"
                $xml.ServerList.AppendChild($newserver2)
                $xml.Save($file.FullName)
            }
            catch {
                  Write-Host "Failed - Add Servers to Server Manager" 
-ForegroundColor Yellow
                  Write-Host $_.Exception.Message -ForegroundColor Yellow   
         
            }

*Error:*
2022-12-22T16:33:26.1424400Z TASK [../roles/rds_setup : Session Based Desktop 
Deployment - Add Servers to Server Manager] ***
2022-12-22T16:33:26.1428096Z task path: 
/home/sre_admin/myagent/_work/r1/a/_provisioning-services/playbooks/made2manage/roles/rds_setup/tasks/main.yml:63
2022-12-22T16:33:26.1855324Z Using module file 
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible_collections/ansible/windows/plugins/modules/win_powershell.ps1
2022-12-22T16:33:26.1860030Z Pipelining is enabled.
2022-12-22T16:33:26.1875537Z <10.177.38.137> ESTABLISH WINRM CONNECTION FOR 
USER: Cloudops_Admin on PORT 5985 TO 10.177.38.137
2022-12-22T16:33:26.2763734Z EXEC (via pipeline wrapper)
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5133486Z changed: [10.177.38.137] => {
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5134245Z     "changed": true,
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5134669Z     "debug": [],
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5135375Z     "error": [
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5135700Z         {
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5136061Z             "category_info": {
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5137127Z                 "activity": "Get-Item",
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5137582Z                 "category": "ObjectNotFound",
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5137981Z                 "category_id": 13,
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5138388Z                 "reason": "ItemNotFoundException",
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5138972Z                 "target_name": 
"C:\\Users\\Amitabh.Ghosh\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\Windows\\ServerManager\\ServerList.xml",
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5139525Z                 "target_type": "String"
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5139919Z             },
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5140275Z             "error_details": null,
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5140676Z             "exception": {
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5141044Z                 "help_link": null,
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5141619Z                 "hresult": -2146233087,
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5142054Z                 "inner_exception": null,
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5142952Z                 "message": "Cannot find path 
'C:\\Users\\Amitabh.Ghosh\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\Windows\\ServerManager\\ServerList.xml'
 because it does not exist.",
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5143625Z                 "source": 
"System.Management.Automation",
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5144134Z                 "type": 
"System.Management.Automation.ItemNotFoundException"
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5144583Z             },
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5145878Z             "fully_qualified_error_id": 
"PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetItemCommand",
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5148102Z             "output": "Get-Item : Cannot find path 
'C:\\Users\\Amitabh.Ghosh\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\Windows\\ServerManager\\ServerList.xml'
 \r\nbecause it does not exist.\r\nAt line:3 char:13\r\n+     $file = Get-Item 
\"$env:USERPROFILE\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\Wind ...\r\n+             
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r\n    + CategoryInfo 
         : ObjectNotFound: (C:\\Users\\Amitab...\\ServerList.xml:String) 
[Get-Item], \r\nItemNotFoundException\r\n    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : 
PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetItemCommand\r\n \r\n",
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5149506Z             "pipeline_iteration_info": [
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5149823Z                 0,
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5150108Z                 1
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5150371Z             ],
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5150724Z             "script_stack_trace": "at 
<ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 3",
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5151281Z             "target_object": 
"C:\\Users\\Amitabh.Ghosh\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\Windows\\ServerManager\\ServerList.xml"
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5151731Z         }
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5152005Z     ],
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5152304Z     "failed_when_result": false,
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5152838Z     "host_err": "",
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5153549Z     "host_out": "Failed - Add Servers to Server 
Manager\nCannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.\n",
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5154025Z     "information": [
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5154325Z         {
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5154605Z             "message_data": {
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5154943Z                 "BackgroundColor": null,
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5155274Z                 "ForegroundColor": {
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5155594Z                     "String": "Yellow",
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5155951Z                     "Type": "System.ConsoleColor",
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5156280Z                     "Value": 14
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5156573Z                 },
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5157090Z                 "Message": "Failed - Add Servers 
to Server Manager",
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5157500Z                 "NoNewLine": false
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5158470Z             },
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5158849Z             "source": "Write-Host",
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5159076Z             "tags": [
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5159298Z                 "PSHOST"
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5159487Z             ],
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5159918Z             "time_generated": 
"2022-12-22T16:33:29.0534558Z"
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5160209Z         },
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5160515Z         {
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5160713Z             "message_data": {
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5160973Z                 "BackgroundColor": null,
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5161220Z                 "ForegroundColor": {
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5161457Z                     "String": "Yellow",
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5161729Z                     "Type": "System.ConsoleColor",
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5161974Z                     "Value": 14
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5162169Z                 },
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5162667Z                 "Message": "Cannot bind argument 
to parameter 'Path' because it is null.",
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5162997Z                 "NoNewLine": false
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5163216Z             },
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5163552Z             "source": "Write-Host",
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5163785Z             "tags": [
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5163997Z                 "PSHOST"
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5164184Z             ],
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5164605Z             "time_generated": 
"2022-12-22T16:33:29.0690815Z"
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5164896Z         }
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5165066Z     ],
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5165254Z     "invocation": {
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5165483Z         "module_args": {
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5165707Z             "arguments": null,
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5165929Z             "chdir": null,
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5166163Z             "creates": null,
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5166377Z             "depth": 2,
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5166609Z             "error_action": "continue",
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5166870Z             "executable": null,
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5167103Z             "parameters": null,
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5167329Z             "removes": null,
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5172545Z             "script": "try {\n    Get-Process | 
Where-Object {$_.ProcessName -eq \"ServerManager.exe\"} | Stop-Process -Force\n 
   $file = Get-Item 
\"$env:USERPROFILE\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\Windows\\ServerManager\\ServerList.xml\"\n
    Copy-Item -Path $file -Destination $file-backup -Force\n    $xml = [xml] 
(Get-Content $file )\n    $newserver1 = 
@($xml.ServerList.ServerInfo)[0].clone()\n    $newserver1.name = 
\"DM2MDC01.DM2MDEV.LOCAL\" \n    $newserver1.lastUpdateTime = \"$(Get-Date 
-Format \"yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss\")\"\n    $newserver1.status = \"1\"\n    
$xml.ServerList.AppendChild($newserver1)\n    $xml.Save($file.FullName)\n    
$newserver2 = @($xml.ServerList.ServerInfo)[0].clone()\n    $newserver2.name = 
\"DM2MSAASRDS01.DM2MDEV.LOCAL\" \n    $newserver2.lastUpdateTime = \"$(Get-Date 
-Format \"yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss\")\"\n    $newserver2.status = \"1\"\n    
$xml.ServerList.AppendChild($newserver2)\n    
$xml.Save($file.FullName)\n}\ncatch {\n      Write-Host \"Failed - Add Servers 
to Server Manager\" -ForegroundColor Yellow\n      Write-Host 
$_.Exception.Message -ForegroundColor Yellow            \n}\n"
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5175101Z         }
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5175292Z     },
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5175478Z     "output": [],
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5175682Z     "result": {},
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5175910Z     "verbose": [],
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5176114Z     "warning": []
2022-12-22T16:33:29.5176295Z }

Not sure why it can't find the path when it is right there....

On Thursday, December 22, 2022 at 8:23:52 AM UTC+5:30 [email protected] 
wrote:

> I have no experience whatsoever with windows modules, but this looks 
> pretty clear to me:
>
>                 "message": "Cannot find path 
>> 'C:\\Users\\Amitabh.Ghosh\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\Windows\\ServerManager\\ServerList.xml'
>>  
>> because it does not exist.",
>
>
> Perhaps an escaping issue? According to 
> https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/os_guide/windows_usage.html when 
> yaml code is not quoted (like in your situation) the backslash does not 
> need to be escaped.
> Try without the double escapes:
>
>     script: |
>             try {
>                 Get-Process | Where-Object {$_.ProcessName -eq 
> "ServerManager.exe"} | Stop-Process -Force
>                 $file = Get-Item 
> "$env:USERPROFILE\AppData\Roaming\\Microsoft\Windows\ServerManager\ServerList.xml"
>
>
>
> -- 
> Sent from Gmail Mobile
>

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