SharePoint Designer 2007 Workflow – Configuring the default Task List

When creating a workflow within SharePoint Designer you will note that unlike the out of the box workflows it does not prompt you for the default tasks list.
To configure the Task list:

1. Navigate to the task list you wish to use, select Settings, List Settings; Right click on Audience targeting settings or Information management policy settings and select Properties. Copy the list GUID from the address URL e.g. {b8b415e2-89fa-40cb-a598-85eec0cd6271}
2. Navigate to the Workflow folder in SharePoint Designer and expand it
3. Double click on the <workflow name>.xoml.wfconfig.xml file, locate the Association TaskListID and replace with default GUID with the new task list GUID from step 1.
4. Save and republish the workflow

For more information on SharePoint Designer 2007 workflows see the Microsoft site.

Example of wfconfig.xml file:

<WorkflowConfig>
    <Template
        BaseID="{99CCD0B6-D5BC-46E4-A6C7-3054C2157FCE}"
        DocLibID="{6FA134EA-846D-46BD-8F2A-246D103A5A01}"
        XomlHref="Workflows/Test Workflow/Test Workflow.xoml"
        XomlVersion="V7.0"
    >
    </Template>
    <Association
        ListID="{FB7C61AA-3F15-4914-A965-C6F24ED2FD7F}"
        TaskListID="{b8b415e2-89fa-40cb-a598-85eec0cd6271}"         StartManually="true"
    >
    </Association>
    <ContentTypes>
    </ContentTypes>
    <Initiation URL="Workflows/Test Workflow/Test Workflow.aspx">
        <Fields/>
        <Parameters></Parameters>
    </Initiation>
</WorkflowConfig>