I had added some basic tasks to display a message at regular intervals using Task scheduler. After upgrading to windows 10 , I am unable to view or edit them. The tasks are working fine (Message pop up is coming as scheduled).
When I tried to create a new task, I found that "Display a message" option is deprecated in windows 10. Is that the reason the tasks are not listed in the Task scheduler library? I am able to view the newly created task (with "Start a program" option). Is there any way to delete the old tasks I created prior to the upgrade?
Update:
As @Peter suggested, I could list the tasks using schtasks command. The tasks I created prior to upgrade are there in the list. But when I try to delete the task using schtasks /Delete /TN "\mytask" command, it is throwing an error:
ERROR: The specified task name "\mytask" does not exist in the system.
I could delete newly created tasks using the command btw.
Update:
Deleting the tasks from the C:\Windows\System32\Tasks folder fixed the issue for me. But for my coworker, a simple machine restart fixed the issue :)
Answer
Do a machine restart. Most of the time it fixes the issue. Especially if you are facing the issue immediately after upgrading to windows 10.
If it doesn't work, you may have to delete the obsolete task using the Registry Editor as mentioned in comment by @w32sh, which involves deleting the tasks from C:\Windows\System32\Tasks as the final step.
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