• Task Scheduler errors

    From Nil@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jul 3 14:42:17 2025
    Every time I open Task Scheduler, I get three error messages. One is:

    "The selected task "{A08C4CD5-EB56-4D58-A13D-2A95E4383E82}" no longer
    exists. To see the current tasks, click Refresh."

    The other two are similar but with different task IDs. This probably
    came about when I was forced to do a repair install a few weeks ago
    after a power failure, and I also created a new profile and deleted the
    old one. So, this task might be a remnent of the old setup.

    I cannot find any reference to these ID numbers in Task Scheduler,
    though I'm just eyeballing it - there are tons of tasks and Task
    Scheduler has no search function (grrr.) I suppose they could be listed
    with a more "friendly" name.

    I do find that ID referenced twice in Regedit in the Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tasks\ key. Can I safely delete
    the tasks there?

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  • From Jeff Barnett@21:1/5 to Nil on Thu Jul 3 14:02:22 2025
    On 7/3/2025 12:42 PM, Nil wrote:
    Every time I open Task Scheduler, I get three error messages. One is:

    "The selected task "{A08C4CD5-EB56-4D58-A13D-2A95E4383E82}" no longer
    exists. To see the current tasks, click Refresh."

    The other two are similar but with different task IDs. This probably
    came about when I was forced to do a repair install a few weeks ago
    after a power failure, and I also created a new profile and deleted the
    old one. So, this task might be a remnent of the old setup.

    I cannot find any reference to these ID numbers in Task Scheduler,
    though I'm just eyeballing it - there are tons of tasks and Task
    Scheduler has no search function (grrr.) I suppose they could be listed
    with a more "friendly" name.

    I do find that ID referenced twice in Regedit in the Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tasks\ key. Can I safely delete
    the tasks there?

    Does your backup software allow you to "mount" saved images with a name,
    e.g., "f" or "x", in your current system? If so look in the backups you
    do have for those ids and any other helpful evidence in the same
    relative places you are looking now. The only drawback to this approach
    is that specialized visualization tools such as provide through
    ctr-shift-esc will not be available.
    --
    Jeff Barnett

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  • From Nil@21:1/5 to Jeff Barnett on Fri Jul 4 18:39:17 2025
    On 03 Jul 2025, Jeff Barnett <jbb@notatt.com> wrote in
    alt.comp.os.windows-10:

    On 7/3/2025 12:42 PM, Nil wrote:
    Every time I open Task Scheduler, I get three error messages. One
    is:

    "The selected task "{A08C4CD5-EB56-4D58-A13D-2A95E4383E82}" no
    longer exists. To see the current tasks, click Refresh."

    The other two are similar but with different task IDs. This
    probably came about when I was forced to do a repair install a
    few weeks ago after a power failure, and I also created a new
    profile and deleted the old one. So, this task might be a remnent
    of the old setup.

    I cannot find any reference to these ID numbers in Task
    Scheduler, though I'm just eyeballing it - there are tons of
    tasks and Task Scheduler has no search function (grrr.) I suppose
    they could be listed with a more "friendly" name.

    I do find that ID referenced twice in Regedit in the
    Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
    NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tasks\ key. Can I safely
    delete the tasks there?

    Does your backup software allow you to "mount" saved images with a
    name, e.g., "f" or "x", in your current system? If so look in the
    backups you do have for those ids and any other helpful evidence
    in the same relative places you are looking now. The only drawback
    to this approach is that specialized visualization tools such as
    provide through ctr-shift-esc will not be available.

    Not sure how helpful that would be. In any case, I now believe that the
    error message is misleading. Tasks with those ID names can be found in
    the C:\Windows\System32\Tasks folders. Examining them, it looks like
    the real problem my be the user/account listed there is not one that
    currently exists on this computer. If I move them out of that folder, I
    still get the error messages. If I try to correct the account name
    (they are editable XML files) and import them back in, I still get the
    error. It appears those tasks are cached somewhere, maybe in the
    Registry. Haven't decided what, if anything, to do next.

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