Migrate remiCrystal Scheduled Tasks to a New Windows Machine (PowerShell)

This article explains how to export scheduled tasks created by remiCrystal (where the task Author equals remiCrystal) from one machine and import them onto another.

What you’ll need

• Local admin rights on both machines
• PowerShell 5+ (built into modern Windows)
• The scheduled tasks must exist and be readable on the source machine
• If tasks run under a specific user, you will need that username/password on the destination machine (Windows does not export passwords)

Part 1: Export remiCrystal tasks (Source machine)

1. Open PowerShell as Administrator
2. Run the script below

# =========================
# remiCrystal Task Migration
# EXPORT (Source machine)
# =========================

$AuthorToMatch = "remiCrystal"
$ExportRoot = "C:\remiCrystal-TaskMigration\Export"
$LogFile = "C:\remiCrystal-TaskMigration\export-log.txt"

New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $ExportRoot -Force | Out-Null
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path (Split-Path $LogFile) -Force | Out-Null

"=== Export started: $(Get-Date) ===" | Out-File $LogFile -Encoding UTF8

$exported = 0
$skipped  = 0

Get-ScheduledTask | ForEach-Object {

    $taskName = $_.TaskName
    
    $taskPath = $_.TaskPath

    try {
        $xml = Export-ScheduledTask -TaskName $taskName -TaskPath $taskPath
        $doc = [xml]$xml

        $author = $doc.Task.RegistrationInfo.Author

        if ($author -eq $AuthorToMatch) {

            # Preserve folder structure under ExportRoot
            # Example: \remiCrystal\Daily -> C:\...\Export\remiCrystal\Daily.xml
            $relativeFolder = $taskPath.TrimStart("\").TrimEnd("\")
            $targetFolder = if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($relativeFolder)) { $ExportRoot } else { Join-Path $ExportRoot $relativeFolder }

            New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $targetFolder -Force | Out-Null

            # Safe file name for the task
            $safeName = ($taskName -replace '[<>:"/\\|?*]', '_')
            $outFile = Join-Path $targetFolder ($safeName + ".xml")

            $xml | Out-File $outFile -Encoding UTF8

            $exported++
            "EXPORTED | $taskPath$taskName | Author=$author | File=$outFile" | Out-File $LogFile -Append -Encoding UTF8
            Write-Host "Exported: $taskPath$taskName"
        }
        else {
            $skipped++
        }
    }
    catch {
        $skipped++
        "SKIPPED  | $taskPath$taskName | Reason=$($_.Exception.Message)" | Out-File $LogFile -Append -Encoding UTF8
        Write-Host "Skipped:  $taskPath$taskName"
    }
}

"=== Export complete: $(Get-Date) | Exported=$exported | Skipped=$skipped ===" | Out-File $LogFile -Append -Encoding UTF8
Write-Host "Done. Exported=$exported. Files in: $ExportRoot"
Write-Host "Log: $LogFile"

Output

• Exported task XML files are saved under:

  • C:\remiCrystal-TaskMigration\Export\...

• A log file is saved at:

  • C:\remiCrystal-TaskMigration\export-log.txt

Copy the exported files

Copy the entire folder below to the destination machine (USB, network share, etc.):

C:\remiCrystal-TaskMigration\Export

Part 2: Import remiCrystal tasks (Destination machine)

1. Open PowerShell as Administrator

2. Put the copied folder here (recommended):

   • C:\remiCrystal-TaskMigration\Export

 Import tasks to run as a specific user (requires password)

# =========================
# remiCrystal Task Migration
# IMPORT (Destination machine)
# Runs tasks as a specific user
# =========================

$ImportRoot = "C:\remiCrystal-TaskMigration\Export"
$LogFile = "C:\remiCrystal-TaskMigration\import-log.txt"

New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path (Split-Path $LogFile) -Force | Out-Null
"=== Import started: $(Get-Date) ===" | Out-File $LogFile -Encoding UTF8

$imported = 0
$failed   = 0

Get-ChildItem -Path $ImportRoot -Filter *.xml -Recurse | ForEach-Object {

    try {

        $xml = Get-Content $_.FullName -Raw

        Register-ScheduledTask `
            -Xml $xml `
            -User "SYSTEM" `
            -Force | Out-Null

        $imported++

        "IMPORTED | File=$($_.FullName)" | Out-File $LogFile -Append
        Write-Host "Imported: $($_.Name)"

    }
    catch {

        $failed++

        "FAILED | File=$($_.FullName) | $($_.Exception.Message)" | Out-File $LogFile -Append
        Write-Host "Failed: $($_.Name)"

    }

}

Write-Host "Done. Imported=$imported Failed=$failed"

Part 3: Verify tasks after import

Run:

Get-ScheduledTask | ForEach-Object {
    try {
        $xml = Export-ScheduledTask -TaskName $_.TaskName -TaskPath $_.TaskPath
        $author = ([xml]$xml).Task.RegistrationInfo.Author
        if ($author -eq "remiCrystal") {
            "{0}{1} | State={2}" -f $_.TaskPath, $_.TaskName, $_.State
        }
    } catch { }
}