diff --git a/windows/win_nssm.ps1 b/windows/win_nssm.ps1
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+#!powershell
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Copyright 2015, George Frank <george@georgefrank.net>
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
+
+# WANT_JSON
+# POWERSHELL_COMMON
+
+$params = Parse-Args $args;
+$result = New-Object PSObject;
+Set-Attr $result "changed" $false;
+
+
+If ($params.name)
+{
+    $name = $params.name
+}
+Else
+{
+    Fail-Json $result "missing required argument: name"
+}
+
+If ($params.state)
+{
+    $state = $params.state.ToString().ToLower()
+    $validStates = "present", "absent", "started", "stopped", "restarted"
+
+    If ($validStates -notcontains $state)
+    {
+        Fail-Json $result "state is $state; must be one of: $validStates"
+    }
+}
+else
+{
+    $state = "present"
+}
+
+If ($params.application)
+{
+    $application = $params.application
+}
+Else
+{
+    $application = $null
+}
+
+If ($params.app_parameters)
+{
+    $appParameters = $params.app_parameters
+}
+Else
+{
+    $appParameters = $null
+}
+
+If ($params.stdout_file)
+{
+    $stdoutFile = $params.stdout_file
+}
+Else
+{
+    $stdoutFile = $null
+}
+
+If ($params.stderr_file)
+{
+    $stderrFile = $params.stderr_file
+}
+Else
+{
+    $stderrFile = $null
+}
+
+Function Service-Exists
+{
+    [CmdletBinding()]
+    param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+        [string]$name
+    )
+
+    return [bool](Get-Service "$name" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)
+}
+
+Function Nssm-Remove
+{
+    [CmdletBinding()]
+    param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+        [string]$name
+    )
+
+    if (Service-Exists -name $name)
+    {
+        $cmd = "nssm stop ""$name"""
+        $results = invoke-expression $cmd
+
+        $cmd = "nssm remove ""$name"" confirm"
+        $results = invoke-expression $cmd
+
+        if ($LastExitCode -ne 0)
+        {
+            Set-Attr $result "nssm_error_cmd" $cmd
+            Set-Attr $result "nssm_error_log" "$results"
+            Throw "Error removing service ""$name"""
+        }
+
+        $result.changed = $true
+     }
+}
+
+Function Nssm-Install
+{
+    [CmdletBinding()]
+    param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+        [string]$name,
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+        [string]$application
+    )
+
+    if (!$application)
+    {
+        Throw "Error installing service ""$name"". No application was supplied."
+    }
+
+    if (!(Service-Exists -name $name))
+    {
+        $cmd = "nssm install ""$name"" $application"
+
+        $results = invoke-expression $cmd
+
+        if ($LastExitCode -ne 0)
+        {
+            Set-Attr $result "nssm_error_cmd" $cmd
+            Set-Attr $result "nssm_error_log" "$results"
+            Throw "Error installing service ""$name"""
+        }
+
+        $result.changed = $true
+        
+     } else {
+        $cmd = "nssm get ""$name"" Application"
+        $results = invoke-expression $cmd
+
+        if ($LastExitCode -ne 0)
+        {
+            Set-Attr $result "nssm_error_cmd" $cmd
+            Set-Attr $result "nssm_error_log" "$results"
+            Throw "Error installing service ""$name"""
+        }
+
+        if ($results -ne $application)
+        {
+            $cmd = "nssm set ""$name"" Application $application"
+
+            $results = invoke-expression $cmd
+
+            if ($LastExitCode -ne 0)
+            {
+                Set-Attr $result "nssm_error_cmd" $cmd
+                Set-Attr $result "nssm_error_log" "$results"
+                Throw "Error installing service ""$name"""
+            }
+
+            $result.changed = $true
+        }
+     }
+}
+
+Function ParseAppParameters()
+{
+   [CmdletBinding()]
+    param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+        [string]$appParameters
+    )
+
+    return ConvertFrom-StringData -StringData $appParameters.TrimStart("@").TrimStart("{").TrimEnd("}").Replace("; ","`n")
+}
+
+
+Function Nssm-Update-AppParameters
+{
+    [CmdletBinding()]
+    param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+        [string]$name,
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+        [string]$appParameters
+    )
+
+    $cmd = "nssm get ""$name"" AppParameters"
+    $results = invoke-expression $cmd
+
+    if ($LastExitCode -ne 0)
+    {
+        Set-Attr $result "nssm_error_cmd" $cmd
+        Set-Attr $result "nssm_error_log" "$results"
+        Throw "Error updating AppParameters for service ""$name"""
+    }
+
+    $appParametersHash = ParseAppParameters -appParameters $appParameters
+
+    $appParamKeys = @()
+    $appParamVals = @()
+    $singleLineParams = ""
+    $appParametersHash.GetEnumerator() |
+        % {
+            $key = $($_.Name)
+            $val = $($_.Value)
+
+            $appParamKeys += $key
+            $appParamVals += $val
+
+            if ($key -eq "_") {
+                $singleLineParams = "$val " + $singleLineParams
+            } else {
+                $singleLineParams = $singleLineParams + "$key ""$val"""
+            }
+        }
+
+    Set-Attr $result "nssm_app_parameters" $appParameters
+    Set-Attr $result "nssm_app_parameters_parsed" $appParametersHash
+    Set-Attr $result "nssm_app_parameters_keys" $appParamKeys
+    Set-Attr $result "nssm_app_parameters_vals" $appParamVals
+    Set-Attr $result "nssm_single_line_app_parameters" $singleLineParams
+
+    if ($results -ne $singleLineParams)
+    {
+        $cmd = "nssm set ""$name"" AppParameters $singleLineParams"
+        $results = invoke-expression $cmd
+
+        if ($LastExitCode -ne 0)
+        {
+            Set-Attr $result "nssm_error_cmd" $cmd
+            Set-Attr $result "nssm_error_log" "$results"
+            Throw "Error updating AppParameters for service ""$name"""
+        }
+
+        $result.changed = $true
+    }
+}
+
+Function Nssm-Set-Ouput-Files
+{
+    [CmdletBinding()]
+    param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+        [string]$name,
+        [string]$stdout,
+        [string]$stderr
+    )
+
+    $cmd = "nssm get ""$name"" AppStdout"
+    $results = invoke-expression $cmd
+
+    if ($LastExitCode -ne 0)
+    {
+        Set-Attr $result "nssm_error_cmd" $cmd
+        Set-Attr $result "nssm_error_log" "$results"
+        Throw "Error retrieving existing stdout file for service ""$name"""
+    }
+
+    if ($results -ne $stdout)
+    {
+        if (!$stdout)
+        {
+            $cmd = "nssm reset ""$name"" AppStdout"
+        } else {
+            $cmd = "nssm set ""$name"" AppStdout $stdout"        
+        }
+    
+        $results = invoke-expression $cmd
+
+        if ($LastExitCode -ne 0)
+        {
+            Set-Attr $result "nssm_error_cmd" $cmd
+            Set-Attr $result "nssm_error_log" "$results"
+            Throw "Error setting stdout file for service ""$name"""
+        }
+
+        $result.changed = $true
+    }
+
+    $cmd = "nssm get ""$name"" AppStderr"
+    $results = invoke-expression $cmd
+
+    if ($LastExitCode -ne 0)
+    {
+        Set-Attr $result "nssm_error_cmd" $cmd
+        Set-Attr $result "nssm_error_log" "$results"
+        Throw "Error retrieving existing stderr file for service ""$name"""
+    }
+
+    if ($results -ne $stderr)
+    {
+        if (!$stderr)
+        {
+            $cmd = "nssm reset ""$name"" AppStderr"
+            $results = invoke-expression $cmd
+
+            if ($LastExitCode -ne 0)
+            {
+                Set-Attr $result "nssm_error_cmd" $cmd
+                Set-Attr $result "nssm_error_log" "$results"
+                Throw "Error clearing stderr file setting for service ""$name"""
+            }
+        } else {
+            $cmd = "nssm set ""$name"" AppStderr $stderr"
+            $results = invoke-expression $cmd
+
+            if ($LastExitCode -ne 0)
+            {
+                Set-Attr $result "nssm_error_cmd" $cmd
+                Set-Attr $result "nssm_error_log" "$results"
+                Throw "Error setting stderr file for service ""$name"""
+            }
+        }
+
+        $result.changed = $true
+    }
+
+    ###
+    # Setup file rotation so we don't accidentally consume too much disk
+    ###
+
+    #set files to overwrite
+    $cmd = "nssm set ""$name"" AppStdoutCreationDisposition 2"
+    $results = invoke-expression $cmd
+
+    $cmd = "nssm set ""$name"" AppStderrCreationDisposition 2"
+    $results = invoke-expression $cmd
+
+    #enable file rotation
+    $cmd = "nssm set ""$name"" AppRotateFiles 1"
+    $results = invoke-expression $cmd
+
+    #don't rotate until the service restarts
+    $cmd = "nssm set ""$name"" AppRotateOnline 0"
+    $results = invoke-expression $cmd
+
+    #both of the below conditions must be met before rotation will happen
+    #minimum age before rotating
+    $cmd = "nssm set ""$name"" AppRotateSeconds 86400"
+    $results = invoke-expression $cmd
+
+    #minimum size before rotating
+    $cmd = "nssm set ""$name"" AppRotateBytes 104858"
+    $results = invoke-expression $cmd
+}
+
+Function Nssm-Get-Status
+{
+    [CmdletBinding()]
+    param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+        [string]$name
+    )
+
+    $cmd = "nssm status ""$name"""
+    $results = invoke-expression $cmd
+
+    return ,$results
+}
+
+Function Nssm-Start
+{
+    [CmdletBinding()]
+    param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+        [string]$name
+    )
+
+    $currentStatus = Nssm-Get-Status -name $name
+
+    if ($LastExitCode -ne 0)
+    {
+        Set-Attr $result "nssm_error_cmd" $cmd
+        Set-Attr $result "nssm_error_log" "$results"
+        Throw "Error starting service ""$name"""
+    }
+
+    switch ($currentStatus)
+    {
+        "SERVICE_RUNNING" { <# Nothing to do #> }
+        "SERVICE_STOPPED" { Nssm-Start-Service-Command -name $name }
+        
+        "SERVICE_CONTINUE_PENDING" { Nssm-Stop-Service-Command -name $name; Nssm-Start-Service-Command -name $name }
+        "SERVICE_PAUSE_PENDING" { Nssm-Stop-Service-Command -name $name; Nssm-Start-Service-Command -name $name }
+        "SERVICE_PAUSED" { Nssm-Stop-Service-Command -name $name; Nssm-Start-Service-Command -name $name }
+        "SERVICE_START_PENDING" { Nssm-Stop-Service-Command -name $name; Nssm-Start-Service-Command -name $name }
+        "SERVICE_STOP_PENDING" { Nssm-Stop-Service-Command -name $name; Nssm-Start-Service-Command -name $name }
+    }
+}
+
+Function Nssm-Start-Service-Command
+{
+    [CmdletBinding()]
+    param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+        [string]$name
+    )
+
+    $cmd = "nssm start ""$name"""
+
+    $results = invoke-expression $cmd
+
+    if ($LastExitCode -ne 0)
+    {
+        Set-Attr $result "nssm_error_cmd" $cmd
+        Set-Attr $result "nssm_error_log" "$results"
+        Throw "Error starting service ""$name"""
+    }
+
+    $result.changed = $true
+}
+
+Function Nssm-Stop-Service-Command
+{
+    [CmdletBinding()]
+    param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+        [string]$name
+    )
+
+    $cmd = "nssm stop ""$name"""
+
+    $results = invoke-expression $cmd
+
+    if ($LastExitCode -ne 0)
+    {
+        Set-Attr $result "nssm_error_cmd" $cmd
+        Set-Attr $result "nssm_error_log" "$results"
+        Throw "Error stopping service ""$name"""
+    }
+
+    $result.changed = $true
+}
+
+Function Nssm-Stop
+{
+    [CmdletBinding()]
+    param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+        [string]$name
+    )
+
+    $currentStatus = Nssm-Get-Status -name $name
+
+    if ($LastExitCode -ne 0)
+    {
+        Set-Attr $result "nssm_error_cmd" $cmd
+        Set-Attr $result "nssm_error_log" "$results"
+        Throw "Error stopping service ""$name"""
+    }
+
+    if (currentStatus -ne "SERVICE_STOPPED")
+    {
+        $cmd = "nssm stop ""$name"""
+
+        $results = invoke-expression $cmd
+
+        if ($LastExitCode -ne 0)
+        {
+            Set-Attr $result "nssm_error_cmd" $cmd
+            Set-Attr $result "nssm_error_log" "$results"
+            Throw "Error stopping service ""$name"""
+        }
+
+        $result.changed = $true
+    }
+}
+
+Function Nssm-Restart
+{
+    [CmdletBinding()]
+    param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+        [string]$name
+    )
+
+    Nssm-Stop-Service-Command -name $name
+    Nssm-Start-Service-Command -name $name
+}
+
+Try
+{
+    switch ($state)
+    {
+        "absent" { Nssm-Remove -name $name }
+        "present" {
+            Nssm-Install -name $name -application $application
+            Nssm-Update-AppParameters -name $name -appParameters $appParameters
+            Nssm-Set-Ouput-Files -name $name -stdout $stdoutFile -stderr $stderrFile
+        }
+        "started" {
+            Nssm-Install -name $name -application $application
+            Nssm-Update-AppParameters -name $name -appParameters $appParameters
+            Nssm-Set-Ouput-Files -name $name -stdout $stdoutFile -stderr $stderrFile
+            Nssm-Start -name $name
+        }
+        "stopped" {
+            Nssm-Install -name $name -application $application
+            Nssm-Update-AppParameters -name $name -appParameters $appParameters
+            Nssm-Set-Ouput-Files -name $name -stdout $stdoutFile -stderr $stderrFile
+            Nssm-Stop -name $name
+        }
+        "restarted" {
+            Nssm-Install -name $name -application $application
+            Nssm-Update-AppParameters -name $name -appParameters $appParameters
+            Nssm-Set-Ouput-Files -name $name -stdout $stdoutFile -stderr $stderrFile
+            Nssm-Restart -name $name
+        }
+    }
+
+    Exit-Json $result;
+}
+Catch
+{
+     Fail-Json $result $_.Exception.Message
+}
+
diff --git a/windows/win_nssm.py b/windows/win_nssm.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# (c) 2015, Heyo
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# this is a windows documentation stub.  actual code lives in the .ps1
+# file of the same name
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: win_nssm
+version_added: "2.0"
+short_description: NSSM - the Non-Sucking Service Manager
+description:
+    - nssm is a service helper which doesn't suck. See https://nssm.cc/ for more information.
+requirements:
+  - "nssm >= 2.24.0 # (install via win_chocolatey) win_chocolatey: name=nssm"
+options:
+  name:
+    description:
+      - Name of the service to operate on
+    required: true
+
+  state:
+    description:
+      - State of the service on the system
+      - Note that NSSM actions like "pause", "continue", "rotate" do not fit the declarative style of ansible, so these should be implemented via the ansible command module
+    required: false
+    choices:
+      - present
+      - started
+      - stopped
+      - restarted
+      - absent
+    default: started
+
+  application:
+    description:
+      - The application binary to run as a service
+      - Specify this whenever the service may need to be installed (state: present, started, stopped, restarted)
+      - Note that the application name must look like the following, if the directory includes spaces:
+      - nssm install service "c:\Program Files\app.exe" """C:\Path with spaces"""
+      - See commit 0b386fc1984ab74ee59b7bed14b7e8f57212c22b in the nssm.git project for more info (https://git.nssm.cc/?p=nssm.git;a=commit;h=0b386fc1984ab74ee59b7bed14b7e8f57212c22b)
+    required: false
+    default: null
+  
+  stdout_file:
+    description:
+      - Path to receive output
+    required: false
+    default: null
+
+  stderr_file:
+    description:
+      - Path to receive error output
+    required: false
+    default: null
+
+  app_parameters:
+    description:
+      - Parameters to be passed to the application when it starts
+    required: false
+    default: null
+author: "Adam Keech (@smadam813), George Frank (@georgefrank)"
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+  # Install and start the foo service
+  win_nssm:
+    name: foo
+    application: C:\windows\foo.exe
+
+  # Install and start the foo service with a key-value pair argument
+  # This will yield the following command: C:\windows\foo.exe bar "true"
+  win_nssm:
+    name: foo
+    application: C:\windows\foo.exe
+    app_parameters:
+        bar: true
+
+  # Install and start the foo service with a key-value pair argument, where the argument needs to start with a dash
+  # This will yield the following command: C:\windows\foo.exe -bar "true"
+  win_nssm:
+    name: foo
+    application: C:\windows\foo.exe
+    app_parameters:
+        "-bar": true
+
+  # Install and start the foo service with a single parameter
+  # This will yield the following command: C:\windows\foo.exe bar
+  win_nssm:
+    name: foo
+    application: C:\windows\foo.exe
+    app_parameters:
+        _: bar
+
+  # Install and start the foo service with a mix of single params, and key value pairs
+  # This will yield the following command: C:\windows\foo.exe bar -file output.bat
+  win_nssm:
+    name: foo
+    application: C:\windows\foo.exe
+    app_parameters:
+        _: bar
+        "-file": "output.bat"
+
+  # Install and start the foo service, redirecting stdout and stderr to the same file
+  win_nssm:
+    name: foo
+    application: C:\windows\foo.exe
+    stdout_file: C:\windows\foo.log
+    stderr_file: C:\windows\foo.log
+
+  # Remove the foo service
+  win_nssm:
+    name: foo
+    state: absent
+'''