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In the windows task management I created a new folder, lets call it "mytasks".
I expected to be able to organize new tasks into it by using drag&drop from existing tasks, but somehow that's not possible.
How do I move already existing tasks to a new folder/category?
stefan.at.wpf
Posted 2012-03-30T19:12:36.710
Reputation: 1 301
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Actually it is not possible to drag and drop a task to a new folder or just simply move from one folder to another. You will need to create a new task on that folder. If you want to "move" all your tasks to your custom folder, just export all, one by one, right-clicking on your task and export it to a xml file. After having all exported, just import them again but now right-clicking on your folder and importing taks into it from the xmls.
Diogo
Posted 2012-03-30T19:12:36.710
Reputation: 28 202
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There is a way to 'transfer' the tasks from one folder to another. It's a bit cumbersome but here are the steps:
Step 1: Export the task (one by one) by right clicking on the task and select 'Export' which will then create a file in the selected folder.
Step 2: Import the (exported) task by right click on the new folder and select 'Import Task...'. Then select the file that you created during the export process.
This should work in any newer Windows versions.
TomTom
Posted 2012-03-30T19:12:36.710
Reputation: 1
3http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9795560/schtasks-exe-to-create-a-task-folder combined with a little powershell scripting should help. – Sean Perry – 2014-11-11T18:12:30.013
1How utterly bizarre! – Toby Allen – 2016-12-07T17:50:58.527
20Thank you, I really would have expected a better usability in that case : – stefan.at.wpf – 2012-03-30T19:49:45.793