ALL VERSIONS HAS BEEN DIGITALLY SIGNED:

Of course the date will be different.

When you run ID-Tasker for the first time – you’ll see a warning from your AntiVirus software about potential threat – it is a 100% false-positive – there is no virus in this tool – it’s just because AntiVirus programs can’t fully check EXE files so they only check “header” of the EXE file and report it as a potential threat – so called “false-positive”.

You can upload ID-Tasker to any online AV checker to confirm that there is no threat – for example https://www.virustotal.com/gui/home/upload.

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After you download ID-Tasker – please unZIP it to some folder on your drive – “C:\ID-Tasker\” or simply “C:\IDT\” or something like that – the shorter the better – but PLEASE don’t place it in and then run from the Scripts Panel “inside” InDesign.

Now, please go to:

C:\ProgramData\Adobe\InDesign

and you’ll see something like this:

Of course, if you have only one version of InDesign installed – you’ll see only one subfolder “Version XY.Z”.

Please go inside untill you get to the “Resources for Visual Basic.tlb” file:

Of course, your language might be different – in the USA it will be “en_US”, etc.

Please copy this “Resources for Visual Basic.tlb” file to your folder where you unZIPed ID-Tasker – so this TLB file and EXE file will be together:

When you run ID-Tasker for the frst time, the best case scenario – you’ll be greeted with a message like this:

And after a minute or so:

Please add ID-Tasker – or the whole folder where you’ve saved ID-Tasker – to the “white list” of your Anti Virus software:

You should no longer see error below or need to modify DEP or UAC

Worst case scenario – numbers will be most likely different:

In that case – you’ll have to check what AntiVirus, AntiMalware, Microsoft Defender, etc. software you have installed in your system – and add ID-Tasker to the “white list”.

You also might need to either TURN OFF DEP (Data Execution Prevention) or add ID-Tasker to exceptions:

In order to get to DEP:

1. Open the Control Panel.
2. Click System and Security > System > Advanced System Settings.
3. On the Advanced tab, next to the Performance heading, click Settings.
4. Click the Data Execution Prevention tab.
5. Select Turn on DEP for essential Windows programs and services only.
6. Click OK and then restart your system to enable the change.

You can also be blocked from installing ID-Tasker if you work in a corporate environment – that’s because your I.T. department most likely blocked you from running / installing EXE files from unknown sources, which is perfectly reasonable precaution, put in place to prevent your organisation getting infected with malicious software – you need to contact your I.T. department and ask them to install it for you.

After you successfully complete above steps – most likely, you’ll be greeted by a message:

and then:

In order to use ID-Tasker – InDesign needs to be registered in the system – unfortunately, Adobe Instalator can’t do this on its own.

Right now, registration process has been integreated into ID-Tasker so there are only minimal steps that you need to perform.

Step 1 – you can leave InDesign open.

Step 2 – Please run ID-Tasker again – this time “as Administrator” – please click right mouse button on the EXE file and from the context menu please select RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR:

If you haven’t performed earlier steps correctly – you will see warning like this – from your AntiVirus software – and you might need to repeat those steps:

Please let it finish and “accept” it as a false-positive – let it to be executed.

After a while, InDesign will start and you’ll see the same set of messages again:

and then “Can’t connect”:

It might take much longer than earlier to see those messages – so please be patient.

Step 3 – Please run ID-Tasker again – this time WITHOUT Administator priviledges.

If there are no open document – you should see a message:

and ID-Tasker will start:

If you still see “Trying to register” and Can’t connect to InDesign” messages – please run both – ID-Tasker and InDesign – in administrator mode – but only once.

If for some reason, you can’t complete the above registration steps – please go through the steps listed below:

If you still have problems – please get in touch.