diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/win_mod_utils-paths.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/win_mod_utils-paths.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..91b5d61cfaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/win_mod_utils-paths.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- windows - Fixed various module utils that did not work with path that had glob like chars
diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/powershell/Ansible.ModuleUtils.CommandUtil.psm1 b/lib/ansible/module_utils/powershell/Ansible.ModuleUtils.CommandUtil.psm1
index 44ea3ca9698..a4a09743176 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/powershell/Ansible.ModuleUtils.CommandUtil.psm1
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/powershell/Ansible.ModuleUtils.CommandUtil.psm1
@@ -46,12 +46,12 @@ Function Get-ExecutablePath {
     $full_path = [System.IO.Path]::GetFullPath($executable)
 
     if ($full_path -ne $executable -and $directory -ne $null) {
-        $file = Get-Item -Path "$directory\$executable" -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+        $file = Get-Item -LiteralPath "$directory\$executable" -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
     } else {
-        $file = Get-Item -Path $executable -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+        $file = Get-Item -LiteralPath $executable -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
     }
 
-    if ($file -ne $null) {
+    if ($null -ne $file) {
         $executable_path = $file.FullName
     } else {
         $executable_path = [Ansible.Process.ProcessUtil]::SearchPath($executable)
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Function Run-Command {
     # need to validate the working directory if it is set
     if ($working_directory) {
         # validate working directory is a valid path
-        if (-not (Test-Path -Path $working_directory)) {
+        if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $working_directory)) {
             throw "invalid working directory path '$working_directory'"
         }
     }
diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/powershell/Ansible.ModuleUtils.Legacy.psm1 b/lib/ansible/module_utils/powershell/Ansible.ModuleUtils.Legacy.psm1
index 11400d21177..5734f90c41d 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/powershell/Ansible.ModuleUtils.Legacy.psm1
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/powershell/Ansible.ModuleUtils.Legacy.psm1
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ Function Get-FileChecksum($path, $algorithm = 'sha1')
     Helper function to calculate a hash of a file in a way which PowerShell 3
     and above can handle
 #>
-    If (Test-Path -Path $path -PathType Leaf)
+    If (Test-Path -LiteralPath $path -PathType Leaf)
     {
         switch ($algorithm)
         {
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ Function Get-FileChecksum($path, $algorithm = 'sha1')
         }
 
         If ($PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major -ge 4) {
-            $raw_hash = Get-FileHash $path -Algorithm $algorithm
+            $raw_hash = Get-FileHash -LiteralPath $path -Algorithm $algorithm
             $hash = $raw_hash.Hash.ToLower()
         } Else {
             $fp = [System.IO.File]::Open($path, [System.IO.Filemode]::Open, [System.IO.FileAccess]::Read, [System.IO.FileShare]::ReadWrite);
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ Function Get-FileChecksum($path, $algorithm = 'sha1')
             $fp.Dispose();
         }
     }
-    ElseIf (Test-Path -Path $path -PathType Container)
+    ElseIf (Test-Path -LiteralPath $path -PathType Container)
     {
         $hash = "3";
     }
diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/powershell/Ansible.ModuleUtils.LinkUtil.psm1 b/lib/ansible/module_utils/powershell/Ansible.ModuleUtils.LinkUtil.psm1
index b6f4ad99557..cd42cc1a847 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/powershell/Ansible.ModuleUtils.LinkUtil.psm1
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/powershell/Ansible.ModuleUtils.LinkUtil.psm1
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ Function Remove-Link($link_path) {
 }
 
 Function New-Link($link_path, $link_target, $link_type) {
-    if (-not (Test-Path -Path $link_target)) {
+    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $link_target)) {
         throw "link_target '$link_target' does not exist, cannot create link"
     }
     
@@ -434,13 +434,13 @@ Function New-Link($link_path, $link_target, $link_type) {
             $type = [Ansible.LinkType]::SymbolicLink
         }
         "junction" {
-            if (Test-Path -Path $link_target -PathType Leaf) {
+            if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $link_target -PathType Leaf) {
                 throw "cannot set the target for a junction point to a file"
             }
             $type = [Ansible.LinkType]::JunctionPoint
         }
         "hard" {
-            if (Test-Path -Path $link_target -PathType Container) {
+            if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $link_target -PathType Container) {
                 throw "cannot set the target for a hard link to a directory"
             }
             $type = [Ansible.LinkType]::HardLink
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/win_module_utils/library/command_util_test.ps1 b/test/integration/targets/win_module_utils/library/command_util_test.ps1
index 3d7405ddaef..a015d35c8c9 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/win_module_utils/library/command_util_test.ps1
+++ b/test/integration/targets/win_module_utils/library/command_util_test.ps1
@@ -29,6 +29,21 @@ Assert-Equals -actual $actual.stdout -expected "arg1`r`narg2`r`narg 3`r`n"
 Assert-Equals -actual $actual.stderr -expected ""
 Assert-Equals -actual $actual.executable -expected $exe
 
+$test_name = "exe in special char dir"
+$tmp_dir = Join-Path -Path $env:TEMP -ChildPath "ansible .ÅÑŚÌβŁÈ [$!@^&test(;)]"
+try {
+    New-Item -Path $tmp_dir -ItemType Directory > $null
+    $exe_special = Join-Path $tmp_dir -ChildPath "PrintArgv.exe"
+    Copy-Item -LiteralPath $exe -Destination $exe_special
+    $actual = Run-Command -command "`"$exe_special`" arg1 arg2 `"arg 3`""
+} finally {
+    Remove-Item -LiteralPath $tmp_dir -Force -Recurse
+}
+Assert-Equals -actual $actual.rc -expected 0
+Assert-Equals -actual $actual.stdout -expected "arg1`r`narg2`r`narg 3`r`n"
+Assert-Equals -actual $actual.stderr -expected ""
+Assert-Equals -actual $actual.executable -expected $exe_special
+
 $test_name = "invalid exe path"
 try {
     $actual = Run-Command -command "C:\fakepath\$exe_filename arg1"
@@ -86,7 +101,7 @@ $test_name = "test default environment variable"
 Set-Item -Path env:TESTENV -Value "test"
 $actual = Run-Command -command "cmd.exe /c set"
 $env_present = $actual.stdout -split "`r`n" | Where-Object { $_ -eq "TESTENV=test" }
-if ($env_present -eq $null) {
+if ($null -eq $env_present) {
     Fail-Json -obj $result -message "Test $test_name failed`nenvironment variable TESTENV not found in stdout`n$($actual.stdout)"
 }
 
@@ -94,10 +109,10 @@ $test_name = "test custom environment variable1"
 $actual = Run-Command -command "cmd.exe /c set" -environment @{ TESTENV2 = "testing" }
 $env_not_present = $actual.stdout -split "`r`n" | Where-Object { $_ -eq "TESTENV=test" }
 $env_present = $actual.stdout -split "`r`n" | Where-Object { $_ -eq "TESTENV2=testing" }
-if ($env_not_present -ne $null) {
+if ($null -ne $env_not_present) {
     Fail-Json -obj $result -message "Test $test_name failed`nenvironment variabel TESTENV found in stdout when it should be`n$($actual.stdout)"
 }
-if ($env_present -eq $null) {
+if ($null -eq $env_present) {
     Fail-json -obj $result -message "Test $test_name failed`nenvironment variable TESTENV2 not found in stdout`n$($actual.stdout)"
 }
 
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/win_module_utils/library/symbolic_link_test.ps1 b/test/integration/targets/win_module_utils/library/symbolic_link_test.ps1
index c70ab1d23b0..1decfe4fd8d 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/win_module_utils/library/symbolic_link_test.ps1
+++ b/test/integration/targets/win_module_utils/library/symbolic_link_test.ps1
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
 
 $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
 
-$params = Parse-Args $args;
-$path = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name "path" -type "path" -failifempty $true
+$path = Join-Path -Path ([System.IO.Path]::GetFullPath($env:TEMP)) -ChildPath '.ansible .ÅÑŚÌβŁÈ [$!@^&test(;)]'
 
 $folder_target = "$path\folder"
 $file_target = "$path\file"
@@ -17,13 +16,14 @@ $hardlink_path = "$path\hardlink"
 $hardlink_path_2 = "$path\hardlink2"
 $junction_point_path = "$path\junction"
 
-if (Test-Path -Path $path) {
-    Remove-Item -Path $path -Force -Recurse | Out-Null
+if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $path) {
+    # Remove-Item struggles with broken symlinks, rely on trusty rmdir instead
+    Run-Command -command "cmd.exe /c rmdir /S /Q `"$path`"" > $null
 }
 New-Item -Path $path -ItemType Directory | Out-Null
 New-Item -Path $folder_target -ItemType Directory | Out-Null
 New-Item -Path $file_target -ItemType File | Out-Null
-Set-Content -Path $file_target -Value "a"
+Set-Content -LiteralPath $file_target -Value "a"
 
 Function Assert-Equals($actual, $expected) {
     if ($actual -ne $expected) {
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Load-LinkUtils
 
 # path is not a link
 $no_link_result = Get-Link -link_path $path
-Assert-True -expression ($no_link_result -eq $null) -message "did not return null result for a non link"
+Assert-True -expression ($null -eq $no_link_result) -message "did not return null result for a non link"
 
 # fail to create hard link pointed to a directory
 try {
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ if ($hardlink_result.HardTargets[0] -ne $hardlink_path -and $hardlink_result.Har
 if ($hardlink_result.HardTargets[0] -ne $file_target -and $hardlink_result.HardTargets[1] -ne $file_target) {
     Assert-True -expression $false -message "file $file_target is not a target of the hard link"
 }
-Assert-equals -actual (Get-Content -Path $hardlink_path -Raw) -expected (Get-Content -Path $file_target -Raw)
+Assert-equals -actual (Get-Content -LiteralPath $hardlink_path -Raw) -expected (Get-Content -LiteralPath $file_target -Raw)
 
 # create a new hard link and verify targets go to 3
 New-Link -link_path $hardlink_path_2 -link_target $file_target -link_type "hard"
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ $hardlink_result_2 = Get-Link -link_path $hardlink_path
 Assert-True -expression ($hardlink_result_2.HardTargets.Count -eq 3) -message "did not return 3 targets for the hard link, actual $($hardlink_result_2.Targets.Count)"
 
 # check if broken symbolic link still works
-Remove-Item -Path $folder_target -Force | Out-Null
+Remove-Item -LiteralPath $folder_target -Force | Out-Null
 $broken_link_result = Get-Link -link_path $symlink_folder_path
 Assert-Equals -actual $broken_link_result.Type -expected "SymbolicLink"
 Assert-Equals -actual $broken_link_result.SubstituteName -expected "\??\$folder_target"
@@ -150,18 +150,21 @@ Assert-Equals -actual $broken_junction_result.HardTargets -expected $null
 
 # delete file symbolic link
 Remove-Link -link_path $symlink_file_path
-Assert-True -expression (-not (Test-Path -Path $symlink_file_path)) -message "failed to delete file symbolic link"
+Assert-True -expression (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $symlink_file_path)) -message "failed to delete file symbolic link"
 
 # delete folder symbolic link
 Remove-Link -link_path $symlink_folder_path
-Assert-True -expression (-not (Test-Path -Path $symlink_folder_path)) -message "failed to delete folder symbolic link"
+Assert-True -expression (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $symlink_folder_path)) -message "failed to delete folder symbolic link"
 
 # delete junction point
 Remove-Link -link_path $junction_point_path
-Assert-True -expression (-not (Test-Path -Path $junction_point_path)) -message "failed to delete junction point"
+Assert-True -expression (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $junction_point_path)) -message "failed to delete junction point"
 
 # delete hard link
 Remove-Link -link_path $hardlink_path
-Assert-True -expression (-not (Test-Path -Path $hardlink_path)) -message "failed to delete hard link"
+Assert-True -expression (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $hardlink_path)) -message "failed to delete hard link"
+
+# cleanup after tests
+Run-Command -command "cmd.exe /c rmdir /S /Q `"$path`"" > $null
 
 Exit-Json @{ data = "success" }
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/win_module_utils/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/win_module_utils/tasks/main.yml
index 4e0735402ec..9faa3317479 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/win_module_utils/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/win_module_utils/tasks/main.yml
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@
 
 - name: call module with symbolic link tests
   symbolic_link_test:
-    path: C:\ansible testing
   register: symbolic_link
 
 - assert: