{"id":3005,"date":"2016-04-24T20:10:42","date_gmt":"2016-04-24T14:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=3005"},"modified":"2019-06-12T15:05:07","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T15:05:07","slug":"task-scheduler-error-no-longer-exists-corrupt-task","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/task-scheduler-error-no-longer-exists-corrupt-task\/","title":{"rendered":"Error “The Selected Task ‘Name’ No longer exists” Starting Task Scheduler"},"content":{"rendered":"

When a scheduled task gets corrupt, errors such as The selected task <taskname> no longer exists<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0or The selected task “{0}” no longer exists<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0may show up every time the Task Scheduler is launched. Here is the full error message verbatim.<\/p>\n

The selected task “{0}” no longer exists, To see the current tasks, click Refresh<\/div>\n
The selected task “<task name>” no longer exists. To see the current tasks, click Refresh.Task <task name>: The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.<\/div>\n

Here is a case where the built-in task CreateChoiceProcessTask<\/code> has become corrupted for some reason, and showing up the error.<\/p>\n

\"task_corrupt_1\"<\/p>\n

Fig 1: The selected task “CreateChoiceProcessTask” no longer exists. To see the current tasks, click Refresh.<\/small><\/p>\n

Also, this error may be recorded in the event log under Event ID 414<\/code>.<\/p>\n

Task Scheduler service found a misconfiguration in the NT TASK\\CreateChoiceProcessTask<\/u> definition.
\nAdditional Data: Error Value: C:\\Windows\\System32\\browserchoice.exe.<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

This article explains how to fix the error “The selected task ‘Name’ no longer exists<\/em><\/strong>” in Task Scheduler.<\/p>\n

RELATED:<\/strong> How to Fix Event ID 414 Task Misconfiguration Errors in System Event Log<\/a><\/div>\n

Cause<\/h2>\n

Error “The selected task ‘Name’ no longer exists”<\/strong> occurs if the scheduled task registry entry gets corrupt or the entry is an leftover after the related program is uninstalled.\u00a0When a task gets corrupt, in most cases you may need to edit the registry to fix it, as SchTasks.exe<\/code> or third-party tools like Autoruns<\/a> wouldn’t list the corrupt task.<\/p>\n

Fix “The Selected Task No longer exists” in Task Scheduler<\/h2>\n

Here is how to fix the “The Selected Task ‘Name’ No longer exists” error when starting Task Scheduler:<\/p>\n

Method 1: Delete the Task Using SchTasks<\/h3>\n

Open an Admin Command Prompt window<\/a> and type:<\/p>\n

schtasks \/delete \/TN <task name><\/pre>\n
In this example, you would be typing:<\/p>\n
schtasks \/delete \/TN \"CreateChoiceProcessTask\"<\/pre>\n
If you get the following error, then you need to edit the registry as explained in Method 2<\/strong> below, to remove the corrupted task.<\/p>\n
ERROR: The specified task name “CreateChoiceProcessTask” does not exist in the system.<\/div>\n
Method 2:\u00a0Delete the Task Using Registry Editor<\/h3>\n
    \n
  1. Create a System Restore Point<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  2. Start Regedit.exe<\/code> and go to the following key:\n
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Schedule\\TaskCache\\Tree<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
  3. Use the Find option to search for the task name (eg. “CreateChoiceProcessTask<\/code>“) want to remove. It will be under one of the sub-folders under Tree, or immediately under “Tree” depending upon where the task was originally created.<\/li>\n
  4. Note down the GUID string in the right-pane, specified for the value named Id<\/strong><\/code>.
    \n\"task_corrupt_2\"
    \nGUID string in this example is {1336CAA8-3056-44E8-A14B-71ECDA26EC95}<\/code>. This is generated randomly when creating a Task.. so it’s NOT<\/u><\/strong> the same GUID in every system. Note down this string in Notepad.<\/i><\/li>\n
  5. Right-click the branch CreateChoiceProcessTask<\/strong> and choose Delete<\/li>\n
  6. Then delete the GUID string subkey you noted earlier, from the following keys:\n
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Schedule\\TaskCache\\Boot\r\n(or)\r\nHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Schedule\\TaskCache\\Logon\r\n(or)\r\nHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Schedule\\TaskCache\\Maintenance\r\n(or)\r\nHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Schedule\\TaskCache\\Plain\r\n\r\n(and<\/strong>)\r\n\r\nHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Schedule\\TaskCache\\Tasks<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
  7. Exit the Registry Editor.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    Delete the Task File<\/h3>\n
    After completing the steps in Method 1 or Method 2, open File Explorer and browse C:\\Windows\\System32\\Tasks<\/code> folder. Search for the file CreateChoiceProcessTask<\/code> (same as the task name displayed in the error message dialog), and delete the file if found. The file might be present in the Tasks<\/code> folder or in one of the sub-folders depending up where the task was originally created.<\/p>\n
    That’s it! Task Scheduler should no longer show the error messages “The selected task no longer exists” and “The selected task “{0}” no longer exists, To see the current tasks, click Refresh”<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
    When a scheduled task gets corrupt, errors such as The selected task <taskname> no longer exists\u00a0or The selected task “{0}” no longer exists\u00a0may show up every time the Task Scheduler is launched. Here is the full error message verbatim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[191,441,581],"class_list":["post-3005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows","tag-error-messages","tag-registry","tag-task-scheduler"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2735,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/event-id-414-task-misconfiguration-event-log\/","url_meta":{"origin":3005,"position":0},"title":"How to Fix Event ID 414 Task Misconfiguration Errors in System Event Log?","author":"Ramesh","date":"April 6, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Task Scheduler may write Event ID 414 entries mentioning \"Task Scheduler service found a misconfiguration in the NT TASK\\task name\" in the System Event log. 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