Execute a number of tasks without executing a package - "Execute From Here"

Well, you have other options. You can muck with the precedence constraints that go before the portion that you wish to execute. Yes, you have the option of disabling all the tasks you don't want to execute. This is easy, just select them either individually using the shift or control key and right click one of them and select disable. It will disable all the ones selected. For an average sized package takes all of two seconds. Or you can get fancy and place the workflow in a sequence and execute the sequence with right click "Execute Task". ( I know, not a very good name for executing a container. )
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