System 7.5: AppleScript Automated Tasks Time Out Error

I am trying to run several of the Automated Tasks included with System 7.5. Each task seems to start up fine, but after a minute or two an error appears that says "Apple Event Timed Out" with the option to Edit or Quit.

If I click on the Edit option I see lots of strange codes such as <<class fshr>> and <<class fsup>>. I have done some AppleScript programming and have opened the automated task scripts before but I have never seen these commands.

AppleScript is turned on in the Extensions Manager and other scripts that I have written run fine.
You are getting this time out error because the Finder Scripting Extension is either turned off in the Extensions Manager or some part of AppleScript is corrupted.

Open the Extensions Manager control panel and make sure that the Finder Scripting Extension has a checkmark next to it. If it is already on, reinstall AppleScript from your original system software disks or CD-ROM disc.

The strange codes you see are AppleScript commands that were written when the Finder Scripting Extension was loaded. When the Finder Scripting Extension is not loaded, the commands loose the natural language format you saw before causing these class formatting commands to appear instead.

The scripts you wrote earlier work because they do not access the Finder Scripting Extension
Published Date: Feb 19, 2012