Can't import tasks when fresh install Windows.

Wobitancrawfodi said:

Yep. The account is orphaned. The SID associated with the task no longer exists. That's the very definition of orphaned. But when I tried Tanya-PC\Tanya which is the actually PC name and user name for this PC, I thought it might work. In this case, I would not have thought that to be an orphaned account.

The fact the current Computer\Username is also failing IS rather puzzling.

I wasn't sure of the relevance of that link thinking perhaps the account had been renamed or deleted during the life of the install but with a fresh install it sounds like this was an exported task from an old install being imported into this new install, which is something I have to fix with every clean install of a biannual Feature Release so I'm familiar with this process. Mine are local accounts as well.

Try3 said:

You can just delete the user ID line <UserId>...</UserId> from the xml completely and it will import for the currently logged in user

And of course now with this great tip from Try3, importing my tasks for these Clean Installs has just gotten much easier..

I just tested it too, and works great for me.. Thanks.

Of course if successful for you, then when you export it afterwards, the correct <SID> will get inserted into the XML, which might point to a cause when looking in the Registry of listed profiles:

Code:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList

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It would be nice to know why it's not working in case it ever happens to me.