Just did a manual update of plex on my Synology DS920+. The Plex icon disappeared from the nas desktop. How do I get it back? It still works but, having the icon there was better than opening up the package manager.

FAQ 34: Control Plex Media Server desktop icon visibility You may need to stop/start Plex Media Server as well: [image] Plex update 1.32.7.7621 disappeared from Synology 418play NAS & Devices Server Version#: 1.32.7.7621 Player Version#: 4.108.0 and 4.117.3 and 1.80.3.40…

The first thing I did was reboot the NAS.

@chris57921 Did you do, from the admin/administrative user, grant the desktop visibility as shown in the How-To (FAQ 34) ? Rebooting it won’t do anything until the visibility is granted.

Info in FAQ 34 solved the issue for me. Thanks, @FordGuy61 and @ChuckPa - much appreciated.

Hey ChuckPa I’ve looked around cant find desktop visibility under permissions for plex. can you give some detail on how to grant desktop visibility tks

[image] Synology FAQ - Questions, Answers, and How-To's Tips, Tricks & How-Tos FAQ 34: Upgrading Plex to DSM 7.2.2+ Server Version#: 1.41.0.8992 + Player Version#: N/A DSM 7.2.2 (Package Center) introduced a breaking change to how the SPK file is created …

ALL Due to the confusion this is causing, we’re going to revert (remove it) from PMS on DSM 7. Some will be happy, Some will be upset. Unfortunately cant please everyone because the DSM documentation doesn’t tell us everything we need to know about controlling this how it needs to be. In t…

This right here saved me. Thanks!

@billchurch Which one? :slight_smile: Change settings in DSM -or- Edit the master config file ?

Newest Plex update removes icon from DSM 7 desktop

Plex Media Server

FordGuy61 October 31, 2023, 6:11pm 2

FAQ 34: Control Plex Media Server desktop icon visibility

You may need to stop/start Plex Media Server as well:

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Bug Report 1.32.7.7621-7000 Plex Media Server server-synology	2	147	November 3, 2023
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PlexMediaServer-1.32.7.7621-871adbd44-x86_64_DSM7 Plex Media Server server-synology	2	310	January 30, 2024
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Newest Plex update removes icon from DSM 7 desktop

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