Workflow Settings User Cannot Be Found

This week I have removed some orphaned users from SP 2010 that no longer existed in AD.
Now a workflow has stopped working, it's a basic one that just sends an email when a new item is added to a list.
I've opened the 2 workflows in SPD and can't find any reference to the old owner nor can I find the old user in the "email to" field so it's not like any user validation fails there.
The error is below - surely I need to look elsewhere in the workflow for this deleted user? I have tried ooking at workflows at the site collection level as well in SPd, to no avail.
Error:
Microsoft.SharePoint.SPException: User cannot be found.    at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPUserCollection.get_Item(String loginName)     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.SPWorkflowNoCodeSupport.LoadWorkflowBytesElevated(SPFile
file, Int32 fileVer, Int32& userid, DateTime& lastModified)     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.SPWorkflowManager.AddDeclSiteTemplates(SPWeb web, String visibility, SPWorkflowTemplateCollection wftemplates, SPListTemplateType templateType)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.SPWorkflowManager.<>c__DisplayClass4.<RegisterNoCodeTemplates>b__0()     at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPSecurity.<>c__DisplayClass4.<RunWithElevatedPrivileges>b__2()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SecurityContext.RunAsProcess(CodeToRunElevated secureCode)     at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPSecurity.RunWithElevatedPrivileges(WaitCallback secureCode, Object param)     at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPSecurity.RunWithElevatedPrivileges(CodeToRunElevated
secureCode)     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.SPWorkflowManager.RegisterNoCodeTemplates(SPWorkflowTemplateCollection wftemplates, SPWeb web)     at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWeb.get_WorkflowTemplates()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.SPWorkflowAssociationCollection.UpdateAssociationsToLatestVersion()     at Microsoft.SharePoint.ApplicationPages.WrkSetngPage.OnLoad(EventArgs ea)     at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive()
at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)

I assume when you say you removed some orphaned users what you mean is that you removed them from the Site Collection Users list. When a user is deleted in AD their Profile is removed, but their entry in the user list is left in place for history.
If you manually remove it then you'll get an error when you click on the user name in a Created By or Modified By field. You'll also see these kinds of issues with things like workflows. I assume the user you removed is the one who published
the workflow. As such they are the owner and may be referenced for external actions like sending an email. The only way I know of to fix it would be to edit the workflow as a valid user and re-publish it as a new version. You may actually
have to delete the old one and publish it again as a completely new workflow.
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