Help Renaming Workflow Custom Task Forms

I've got a custom workflow which has a few "Start Custom Task Process" actions. When I created them, the default names were Task (1), Task (2), etc. But I have renamed the Task within the Workflow. When I look at the Form's section of my Workflow in SharePoint
Designer, the File Names for those forms are Task_x0028_1_x0029_.xsn, Task_x0028_2_x0029_.xsn, etc. I can open the Form's in InfoPath and do the editing I want to, but I cannot get them renamed on the SharePoint server.
I've tried going to the Task Lists from within the Workflow via Customization>Open Task List, and then renaming them from there but that doesn't work. I've also tried renaming the actual file via Navigation>All Files>Workflows>Workflow Name but
that just breaks the link to the form when the task is executed.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to rename these and have them show up with the proper name within the "Forms" section when working on the workflow?

I've found that when creating a "Start Custom Task Process" action -- the task is given a name, which by default will be "Task n" ... Even after renaming it --
prior to saving/publishing -- the name of the XSN file will be "Task_x0028_n_x0029_.xsn" and the name of the content type is still "Task _x0028_n_x0029_" -- which isn't ideal .... in large organizations with multiple workflow taks, this can get
really hairy, really quick.
While there are no errors or conflicts -- if these can't be renamed, they might as well be referenced by GUIDs and not have human-readable names!
Fortunately, the tip from Dennis at the bottom of this post describes perfectly how to rename the file by the back end .... it likely isn't for the feint of heart, changing the XML file [doing so inproperly can break the workflow] -- but it does work.
In addition to that tip, I'd recommend revising the name of the content type from Site Content Types -- this can be done from the UI and there's no need to edit the wfconfig.xml with the changes.
EDIT:
One more thing, the "Copy & Modify" function within SharePoint Designer which can be used to make copies of workflows -- when using this function, the custom task will be created as "Task (n) copy" and will need to be renamed.

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