Why am I Getting "the term '<command_name>' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program" when Running a Command on a Windows Managed Host using Ansible?

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Issue

When running a command on a Windows managed node, for example using the win_shell module, I'm getting the below error for the command.

Example for puppet command.

"error": "The term 'puppet' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.", 

Environment

Ansible Engine
Ansible Tower

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