--- - name: remove page file win_regedit: path: HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management name: PagingFiles data: "" state: present register: cleanup_pagefile_removal - name: reboot server after clearing page file win_reboot: when: cleanup_pagefile_removal is changed - name: cleanup the temp folders win_file: path: '{{ item }}' state: absent ignore_errors: true loop: - C:\Temp - C:\Windows\Panther - C:\Windows\Temp - name: cleanup the C:\Recovery folder win_shell: Remove-Item -Path C:\Recovery -Force -Recurse ignore_errors: true - name: check to see if WinSXS ManifestCache folder exist win_stat: path: '{{ ansible_env.windir }}\winsxs\ManifestCache' register: winsxs_dir - name: clear out the WinSXS ManifestCache folder win_shell: | &cmd.exe /c Takeown /f %windir%\winsxs\ManifestCache\* &cmd.exe /c Icacls %windir%\winsxs\ManifestCache\* /GRANT administrators:F &cmd.exe /c Del /q %windir%\winsxs\ManifestCache\* when: - winsxs_dir.stat is defined - winsxs_dir.stat.exists