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Disable deleting a task in Task Scheduler (For Current User).

This setting prevents you from deleting an existing task from Task Scheduler.

Tweak for : Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows 2000

Description:

This setting prevents you from deleting an existing task in Task Scheduler. It disables the “Delete” option from the Edit menu in the Scheduled Tasks folder or from right-click menu of a scheduled item. In addition, the system does not respond when you try dragging an existing task from the Task Scheduler folder.

For this, go to Start > Run menu, enter “regedit” and navigate to the registry path listed below. If any of the subkeys “\Windows\Task Scheduler5.0” does not exist, create it as explained below. Then, create a DWORD value “Task Deletion” in the right panel.

Now, right-click and modify the value to "1" to enable task deletion restriction. However, if you want to get back to the original state and disable restriction, change the value to "0" or delete the added value.

The changes take effect after a restart or logoff.

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Disable Deletion of Task in Scheduled Task.reg

The '.reg' file can disable deletion of an existing task from Task Scheduler folder.

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Enable Deletion of Task in Scheduled Task (Default).reg

The '.reg' file can enable deletion of an existing task from Task Scheduler folder.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\]

Key Type :

Current User

Value Name :

Windows

Data Type :

Key

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 2 :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\]

Key Type :

Current User

Value Name :

Task Scheduler5.0

Data Type :

Key

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 3 :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Task Scheduler5.0\]

Key Type :

Current User

Value Name :

Task Deletion

Data Type :

DWORD (DWORD Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Steps ScreenShots:

Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.

‘Task Deletion’ option in ‘Task Scheduler’ is disabled.

‘Task Deletion’ option in ‘Task Scheduler’ is enabled by default.

First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Go to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\], key and create a new key with the name "Windows" under "Microsoft".

Then, create a "Task Scheduler5.0" key under "Windows".

Now, right-click in the open area to create a DWORD Value with the name "Task Deletion" in "Task Scheduler5.0" key.

Next, right-click on "Task Deletion" and click on 'Modify'.

Finally, enter the value "1" in the text box and click on 'OK'.

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