

For more details, see how the environment variable was set for Cygwin https://techdirectarchive.com/2020/03/01/ansible-installation-on-windows/
Solution: This is because the %SystemRoot%System32 value is not part of the system PATH variable or there is a problem with the Operating System when expanding the %SystemRoot%System32 to C:Windowssystem32.
Steps to solve this
Check the following as a possible solution
– Go to Control Panel
– System and Security
– Click Advanced system settings
Or
– From the Control Panel
– Click on System and Setting
– Click on System
– Click on Advanced System settings

- Click the Environment Variables… button
- Find the Path System variable, highlight it and click the Edit… button
- Make sure it has %SystemRoot%System32; in the variable value. If it is missing add it and click OK as shown below