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?
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.
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