Task locked by Workflow Builder

Hi all - hoping someone has run across this. i'm surprised I didn't find anything in the forums on this. I created a workflow, but realized I didn't name some of the task container elements in a few steps properly. So, in attempting to go into the send mail steps to rename the task container elements, I get the following:
"Task TS99900143 locked by Workflow Builder"
I'm unable to edit/rename/or even add new task container elements. However, I am able to make changes to other parts of the workflow (i.e. workflow container elements, etc).
Any idea what I need to do? I logged out, logged back in to see if it would get unlocked. I had this problem yesterday as well, so I thought maybe even overnight something would get unlocked, but that wasn't the case.
Thanks,
Steve

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purvesh patel wrote:
I think we should ask moderator about that.
OK, let's get one thing straight: [Moderators|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forum_moderator] are folks who look after the forum and make sure everyone plays by the rules and so forth - a bit like a referee at a sports match.
We do not represent official statements from SAP, in fact not all moderators even work for SAP. If someone with an SAP logo next to their name says something that is different...
Now we've got that out the way, no this is not a bug. The sendmail step is just a 'special' step in the workflow builder that generates a regular SELFITEM.SENDTASKDESCRIPTION in background based on the info you supply. Since the WF builder maintains the task for you, it locks it so that the task and the WF builder don't get out of synch.
Aside from PFTC (be aware of sync issues mentioned above), you can of course also create a sendmail step manually by creating a task based on SELFITEM.SENDTASKDESCRIPTION. It will appear as a regular activity step and not have the mail icon, and it won't be locked. In some cases this is better because you have more control over the details.
Cheers,
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