diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/windows/win_owner.ps1 b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/windows/win_owner.ps1
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+#!powershell
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Copyright 2015, Hans-Joachim Kliemeck <git@kliemeck.de>
+#
+# 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/>.
+
+# WANT_JSON
+# POWERSHELL_COMMON
+
+#Functions
+Function UserSearch
+{
+    Param ([string]$AccountName)
+    #Check if there's a realm specified
+    if ($AccountName.Split("\").count -gt 1)
+    {
+        if ($AccountName.Split("\")[0] -eq $env:COMPUTERNAME)
+        {
+            $IsLocalAccount = $true
+        }
+        Else
+        {
+            $IsDomainAccount = $true
+            $IsUpn = $false
+        }
+ 
+    }
+    Elseif ($AccountName -contains "@")
+    {
+        $IsDomainAccount = $true
+        $IsUpn = $true
+    }
+    Else
+    {
+        #Default to local user account
+        $accountname = $env:COMPUTERNAME + "\" + $AccountName
+        $IsLocalAccount = $true
+    }
+ 
+ 
+    if ($IsLocalAccount -eq $true)
+    {
+        # do not use Win32_UserAccount, because e.g. SYSTEM (BUILTIN\SYSTEM or COMPUUTERNAME\SYSTEM) will not be listed. on Win32_Account groups will be listed too
+        $localaccount = get-wmiobject -class "Win32_Account" -namespace "root\CIMV2" -filter "(LocalAccount = True)" | where {$_.Caption -eq $AccountName}
+        if ($localaccount)
+        {
+            return $localaccount.SID
+        }
+    }
+    ElseIf (($IsDomainAccount -eq $true) -and ($IsUpn -eq $false))
+    {
+        #Search by samaccountname
+        $Searcher = [adsisearcher]""
+        $Searcher.Filter = "sAMAccountName=$($accountname.split("\")[1])"
+        $result = $Searcher.FindOne()
+ 
+        if ($result)
+        {
+            $user = $result.GetDirectoryEntry()
+
+            # get binary SID from AD account
+            $binarySID = $user.ObjectSid.Value
+
+            # convert to string SID
+            return (New-Object System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier($binarySID,0)).Value
+        }
+    }
+ 
+}
+ 
+$params = Parse-Args $args;
+
+$result = New-Object PSObject;
+Set-Attr $result "changed" $false;
+
+$path = Get-Attr $params "path" -failifempty $true
+$user = Get-Attr $params "user" -failifempty $true
+$recurse = Get-Attr $params "recurse" "no" -validateSet "no","yes" -resultobj $result
+
+If (-Not (Test-Path -Path $path)) {
+    Fail-Json $result "$path file or directory does not exist on the host"
+}
+
+# Test that the user/group is resolvable on the local machine
+$sid = UserSearch -AccountName ($user)
+if (!$sid)
+{
+    Fail-Json $result "$user is not a valid user or group on the host machine or domain"
+}
+
+Try {
+    $objUser = New-Object System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier($sid)
+
+    $file = Get-Item -Path $path
+    $acl = Get-Acl $file.FullName
+
+    If ($acl.getOwner([System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier]) -ne $objUser) {
+        Set-Attr $result "changed" $true;
+    }
+
+    $acl.setOwner($objUser)
+    Set-Acl $file.FullName $acl
+
+    If ($recurse -eq "yes") {
+        $files = Get-ChildItem -Path $path -Force -Recurse
+        ForEach($file in $files){
+            $acl = Get-Acl $file.FullName
+
+            If ($acl.getOwner([System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier]) -ne $objUser) {
+                Set-Attr $result "changed" $true;
+            }
+
+            $acl.setOwner($objUser)
+            Set-Acl $file.FullName $acl
+        }
+    }
+}
+Catch {
+    Fail-Json $result "an error occured when attempting to change owner on $path for $user"
+}
+
+Exit-Json $result
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/windows/win_owner.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/windows/win_owner.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright 2015, Hans-Joachim Kliemeck <git@kliemeck.de>
+#
+# 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_service_configure
+version_added: "2.0"
+short_description: Set owner
+description:
+    - Set owner of files or directories
+options:
+  path:
+    description:
+      - Path to be used for changing owner
+    required: true
+    default: null
+  user:
+    description:
+      - Name to be used for changing owner
+    required: true
+    default: null
+  recurse:
+    description:
+      - Indicates if the owner should be changed recursively
+    required: false
+    choices:
+      - no
+      - yes
+    default: no
+author: Hans-Joachim Kliemeck
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+# Playbook example
+---
+- name: Change owner of Path
+  win_owner:
+    path: 'C:\\apache\\'
+    user: apache
+    recurse: yes
+
+- name: Set the owner of root directory
+  win_owner:
+    path: 'C:\\apache\\'
+    user: SYSTEM
+    recurse: no
+'''