You mean where it says; "Click here to add a new task"?
You cannot change this when you are adding it via the To-Do List.
When you add it via the Tasks folder, then it will be set to <none>.
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"tj" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> When I click to add a new task, the start date and due date automatically
> fill with today's date. I would like to change this default setting to
> "none". Haw can I do this?