MDT 2010 Deleted task still running

Hi Guys, I have been using MDT 2010 with Litetouch for deploying Windows 7 x64 clents for the last month. I have a main task sequence which does the deployment and a test task sequence for me to try new things out.
On the test task sequence I created custom task which deletes a desktop icon, the problem now is that even after I have deleted this task it still runs even though its not in the task sequence any longer.
Even when I create a new task sequence the deleted custom task still runs! This is very strange any ideas?

Hi,
it sounds impossible :)
I think the same action might have been configured in another step, or it might be added as a dependency on some application.
To verify, you could take a look at the xml files that descrive your applications and taks sequences in .\control.
MCP/MCSA/MCTS/MCITP

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