Thank you! I deviated from your directions in one respect. The task I wanted to rename was complicated and had several steps. I couldn’t bring myself to delete it until I was sure my copy worked. So I imported the task under a new name first. I confirmed that it worked. THEN I deleted the original.
jonathan
6 years ago
Use software Batch Rename Files Tool. You can easily found hier BatchRenameFiles.org.
mkamoski
6 years ago
I appreciate the workaround. It is boggling to me that MS did not think about offering a built-in and direct way to rename a Task. Oh well. This workaround works nicely. Thanks. — Mark Kamoski
David Harding
5 years ago
That reason for not being able to rename is stupid even by Microsoft standards. It a virus renames the tasks, they will still run just the same as they always did. We can change all other aspects but not the name. The fact is that Microsoft just never bothered to do it for the very reason that they forgot to code it, and couldn’t be bothered to re-do it because the name is trivial, and functionally unimportant. ‘Security reasons” total rubbish.
Thank you! I deviated from your directions in one respect. The task I wanted to rename was complicated and had several steps. I couldn’t bring myself to delete it until I was sure my copy worked. So I imported the task under a new name first. I confirmed that it worked. THEN I deleted the original.
Use software Batch Rename Files Tool. You can easily found hier BatchRenameFiles.org.
I appreciate the workaround. It is boggling to me that MS did not think about offering a built-in and direct way to rename a Task. Oh well. This workaround works nicely. Thanks. — Mark Kamoski
That reason for not being able to rename is stupid even by Microsoft standards. It a virus renames the tasks, they will still run just the same as they always did. We can change all other aspects but not the name. The fact is that Microsoft just never bothered to do it for the very reason that they forgot to code it, and couldn’t be bothered to re-do it because the name is trivial, and functionally unimportant. ‘Security reasons” total rubbish.