Import Watch History after migrating to NAS?

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Hey all,

I just bought my first NAS, a Synology DS220+. Up until now I’ve been using Plex running off my Windows desktop PC. I had a bunch of weird issues right before I set up my NAS so I ended up having to do a complete reinstall of Windows, but all my files were on a separate drive.

I’ve installed Plex through the Package Center and followed this guide (https://support.plex.tv/articles/201370363-move-an-install-to-another-system/). I wasn’t able to do the registry part though since I had to reinstall the OS. I moved all my media over and it’s showing up fine but my watch history is reset. I used to use a Trakt plugin for syncing this but it seems it’s not supported anymore (and it’s not showing as an available plugin despite still being in the folder).

I did find this guide showing how to import it: https://support.plex.tv/articles/201154527-move-viewstate-ratings-from-one-install-to-another/

But being on a Windows system means I can’t run that command since grep doesn’t exist on Windows.

I also see people recommending running Plex in Docker instead of directly on the NAS, would this be better? I’m totally new to this so any help is appreciated!

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