talklat.blogg.se - Plex media server not opening windows

#PLEX MEDIA SERVER NOT OPENING WINDOWS HOW TO#
#PLEX MEDIA SERVER NOT OPENING WINDOWS ZIP FILE#
#PLEX MEDIA SERVER NOT OPENING WINDOWS UPDATE#

Second, open notepad on your PC and copy and paste the following:

#PLEX MEDIA SERVER NOT OPENING WINDOWS ZIP FILE#

Once you have the zip file downloaded, you’ll need to open the zip file and extract srvstart.exe, srvstart.dll and logger.dll to C:\windowsĢ. Click here to download a zip file containing what you will need. If you are using a 32-bit OS, you will need to change “Program Files (x86)” to “Program Files” anywhere it is used in my steps below.ġ.

#PLEX MEDIA SERVER NOT OPENING WINDOWS UPDATE#

If you ever change your windows account password, you must update the service entry to use your new password, otherwise the service will fail to start.

You must run the service as your user account so that the Plex Media Server will work with your user profile’s data that you already have setup.

You must have a password on your windows user account for the service to succesfully start as your own user account.

You will need to stop the service and launch the program normally to get the system tray icon. You will only see Plex Media Server.exe in task manager.

When you run the Plex Media Server as a service, you will not have a system tray icon indicating that Plex is running.

#PLEX MEDIA SERVER NOT OPENING WINDOWS HOW TO#

You can get information on how to do that directly on Plex’s website, but it is relatively easy.īefore you continue, please take note of the following: This how-to begins assumes that you already have Plex up and running and will only instruct on how to setup Plex to run as service. This post is a how-to guide on how to do just that. So I began looking for a way to run Plex as a service. This is a problem when trying to stream remotely, especially when others that don’t have access to my server as I do are trying to access my media. This means when I log off of my server, or when it reboots for any reason, the Plex service is no longer running until I log in again. The downside to running this on my server is that Plex only starts and runs when the user that installed it is signed on. I originally set the Plex Media Server up on my actual server where I also store all of my media. There is a paid version that offers some advanced features, but the free version works swell. It also allows you to share your media library with others. I like it because it allows you to stream your media anywhere that you can run the Plex app which is support on many different platforms including (but not limited to) Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iOS. I recently began using Plex as a media service for my own local media. I’ve written a new post with a new simpler method for setting up Plex Media Server as a service.