Have you tried using the service name rather than the Display Name?

On Monday, March 19, 2018 at 9:43:20 AM UTC-5, [email protected] wrote:
>
> Hi All
>
> I am trying to use thw win_service module to start a service.
>
> My issue is the service name contains non-valid characters and I dont seem 
> to be able escape the name correctly.
>
> The service name is this:- "SAS [config-Lev1] SASMeta - Metadata Server".
>
> Any regexp or normal escaping of characters fails.
>
> task code is:
>
> - name: Start Metadata Server
>
>   win_service:
>
>       name: "SAS [config-Lev1] SASMeta - Metadata Server"
>       state: started
>
> Any ideas or is it a bug?
>
> Bob
>

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