How to move/copy Windows 2003 Server scheduled task to Windows 2012 Server?

windows windows-server-2003 windows-server-2012

Step by Step easiest solution:

Open Task Scheduler(TS) in Windows 2008 or 2012
Select top node on the left pane named "Task Scheduler(Local)"
Click on "ACTION" Menu on the top , and select "Connect to Another Computer..", Key in the IP address or the name of your 2003 server and click OK.
Click on the 2nd Node on the left pane named "Task Scheduler Library", you might get a message box with info "Copyconfig.job" no longer exists...just ignore it and click OK, you should see all your 2003 server scheduled jobs on the right pane.
Select the 2003 tasks one at a time , then right click and select export...export it to a known location.
Once you are done exporting all the 2003 tasks, close the Task Scheduler and reopen it.
Click on the ACTION menu, select Import and import from the exported location One Job at a time , make sure to user account under whom the jobs needs to be run in the new server.

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