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To cancel a task:
1 Highlight any task in either pane of the Task
window.
2 Press Delete to remove it from the Task win-
dow.
To cancel all tasks:
1 Select any single task in either pane.
2 Press Control-A (Windows) or Command-A
(Mac) to select all the tasks in that pane.
3 Press Delete.
This command cannot be undone.
About Cancelling Tasks
Some tasks involve one or more sub-tasks. Delet-
ing a task cannot undo sub-tasks already com-
pleted. For example, if importing and convert-
ing multiple files appears as a single task,
deleting that task before it is completed stops
the import and conversion process, but files al-
ready converted and imported remain on disk. If
you want to cancel a task involving multiple
sub-tasks, you can instead let the process com-
plete and then use Undo to completely undo all
sub-tasks, as available.
Closing Sessions with Pending
Tasks
If you close a session or quit Pro Tools while
tasks are still pending (either in the Active or
Paused Tasks panes of the Task window)
Pro Tools asks if you want to cancel, or complete
the pending tasks. You can choose to open the
Task window and wait for pending tasks to com-
plete, cancel the pending tasks, or quit. If you
quit, some tasks are cancelled. Tasks that in-
volve file copies are remembered and restarted
when you relaunch Pro Tools.
About Failed Tasks
The Paused Tasks pane shows any tasks that
could not be completed. The reason for the fail-
ure is shown in the Status column.
Failed Tasks cannot be resumed, and must be de-
leted manually from the Paused Tasks pane.
If Automatically Find and Relink was unable to find
all files in a session, a failed task is placed in the
Paused Tasks pane of the Task window. It re-
mains there unless you manually remove it
from the Task window (even if you have since
found the files through a subsequent search and
relink task).
Task Prioritization
A task that is in progress may be interrupted by
a task of higher priority. When this happens,
the partially completed task is halted and re-
scheduled later in the queue, and shown with a
progress bar in the Active Tasks pane. When the
higher priority task is finished the first incom-
plete task in the queue resumes.
Tips for Using the Task Window
Pause Tasks During Playback
A global preference Pause During Playback is pro-
vided in the Task window Browser menu. When
enabled, Active Tasks are paused whenever
Pro Tools is playing (or recording). This setting
is especially useful when working on slower
CPUs, or whenever you want to minimize sys-
tem load for maximum playback and recording
performance. This preference maintains its set-
ting until the next time it is changed.