Scheduled Tasks location and upgrade compatibility

Advanced Task Scheduler 5.0 and later stores its settings and scheduled tasks in the SQLite database file. You can find storage location, files and upgrade compatibility in the table below:

Product	Edition	User	Registry key	Directory	Default directory	File	Upgrade compatibility
Advanced Task Scheduler version 5.0 and later	Basic	Current User	`HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Southsoftware\AdvScheduler`	Value of "`SettingsDir`" of the Registry key.	`C:\Users\[Username]\AppData\Roaming\Advanced Task Scheduler`	`tasks.sqlite`	Advanced Task Scheduler 5.0 and later automatically converts settings and tasks to SQLite database file. Either `backup.reg.bak` or `settings.ini.bak`, `tasklist.ini.bak`, `templog.ini.bak` files are created in the Directory with full backup of all settings and tasks before they are removed from the system.
	Basic	All Users	`HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Southsoftware\AdvScheduler`		`C:\ProgramData\Advanced Task Scheduler`	`allusers.sqlite`
	Professional	Current User	`HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Southsoftware\AdvSchedulerPro`		`C:\Users\[Username]\AppData\Roaming\Advanced Task Scheduler Professional`	`tasks.sqlite`
	Professional	All Users	`HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Southsoftware\AdvSchedulerPro`		`C:\ProgramData\Advanced Task Scheduler Professional`	`allusers.sqlite`
	Network	All Users	`HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Southsoftware\AdvSchedulerNet`		`C:\ProgramData\Advanced Task Scheduler Network`	`allusers.sqlite`
Advanced Task Scheduler version 2.0 - 4.5	Basic	Current User	`HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Southsoftware\AdvScheduler`	There are no Directory and File as everything is stored inside the Registry key.			Advanced Task Scheduler 2.0 and later does not import task list from Advanced Task Scheduler 1.x automatically. You have to use the "Export tasks" command from the "File" menu of Advanced Task Scheduler 1.x to export task list to a file, then use the "Import" command from the "File" menu of Advanced Task Scheduler 2.0 and later to import task list from that file.
	Basic	All Users	`HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Southsoftware\AdvScheduler`
	Professional	Current User	`HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Southsoftware\AdvSchedulerPro`	Value of "`SettingsDir`" of the Registry key.		If Directory value is empty string or it does not exist then there are no File as everything is stored inside the Registry key. Otherwise the files are: `settings.ini`, `tasklist.ini`, `templog ini`.
	Professional	All Users	`HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Southsoftware\AdvSchedulerPro`
	Network	All Users	`HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Southsoftware\AdvSchedulerNet`
Advanced Task Scheduler versions 1.0 - 1.5	-	Current User and All Users	`HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Southsoftware\Scheduler` and if you are running Advanced Task Scheduler as service: `HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Southsoftware\Scheduler`	There are no Directory and File as everything is stored inside the Registry key.			-

The [Username] is a placeholder to your Windows user name.

To find value of a registry key, you need to start some registry editor such as REGEDIT and select the corresponding registry key.

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