Server Version#: 1.20.5.3600 Player Version#: Every time I run Plex I’m told via the “Activity” gadget, there is a Media Server Update available. My current version is 1.20.5.3600, the update is to version 1.25.8.5663. No matter what I do, the update command does not install the new update. On …

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[image] Media Server Will Not Update Plex Media Server I strongly advise you to perform at least a health check of your Plex database. Performing a full database repair procedure can’t hurt either. These are the instructions for your current server software version: (do …

Plex Media Server_20220711235229.log (20.5 KB) I’m still having problems trying to update Plex, this is despite trying the advice I’ve been given in this post / thread. I’ve tried uninstalling Plex from my PC to download the latest version to reinstall but I’m not able to uninstall the older versi…

show down plex try running the installer manually (install over top of the existing setup) post your server logs

Thank you for your reply. What is meant by “show down Plex”? I have tried running the installer manually (if this means going to the Plex Website & downloading the most recent version then clicking install). The original (older set up) version of Plex is still in the PC as it can’t be uninstalled…

He probably meant “shut down”. Take a look into your Plex data folder , in the /Updates subfolder. Is the installer executable of the old version still in there? If yes, then launch it and choose “uninstall”. Otherwise, take a look here: Windows: Errors trying to upgrade, install, or uninstall Ple…

Forgive me in advance for my PC tech inadequacies. When I look in the plex media folder (I do not see a folder named plex data folder ), there is no /updates subfolder. There is a Plex Update Service Launcher.exe & Plex Update Service.exe. The Plex Media server.exe is also there. Is this helpful? …

Follow the orange link. It explains the location of the folder.

Otto, thank you so much for your patience, truly appreciated. The link took me to the folder. In that folder there seems to be loads of different versions (earlier) of the media server software (they are named as numbers & letters (e.g. - 1.27.1.5916-6b0e31a64). When I open each folder there is …

Do you see a folder for your currently installed 1.20.5… ? If you do, take the .exe then copy it to a convenient folder. copy the path to this folder into the clipboard. Then open a command line (cmd.exe) and paste the path in. make sure it ends in a backslash. Then append the full file name of t…

Media Server Update Problem

Plex Media Server

OttoKerner June 4, 2022, 11:21am 3

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