Not able to make Plexconnect work on my windows 7

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Hi,

 

I have successfully installed Plexconnect on my windows PC running windows 8.0.
Yesterday I  removed windows 8 and i have installed windows 7. I am struggling to install plexconnect.
I followed the same procedure as described in "https://github.com/ibaa/plexconnect/wiki".
 
Plex server is running fine. I am able to watch movies using media manager on my desktop and also from my ipad.
 
Plexconnect.log contains the following:
   18:22:22 PlexConnect: started: 18:22:22
   18:22:22 PlexConnect: Version: 0.3.1+
   18:22:22 PlexConnect: Python: 2.7.6 (default, Nov 10 2013, 19:24:24) [MSC v.1500 64 bit (AMD64)]
   18:22:22 PlexConnect: Host OS: win32
   18:22:22 PlexConnect: IP_self: 172.16.0.2
   18:22:22 PlexConnect: DNSServer not alive. Shutting down.
   18:22:22 PlexConnect: Shutting down.
   18:22:22 PlexConnect: shutdown
   18:22:22 PlexConnect: shutdown
 
when I tried to run Plexconnect.py from windows terminal in Administrator mode i get the following:
 
   C:\Program Files (x86)\PlexConnect-master>python plexconnect.py  
   18:22:22 PlexConnect: ***
   18:22:22 PlexConnect: PlexConnect
   18:22:22 PlexConnect: Press CTRL-C to shut down.
   18:22:22 PlexConnect: ***
   18:22:22 PlexConnect: started: 18:22:22
   18:22:22 PlexConnect: Version: 0.3.1+
   18:22:22 PlexConnect: Python: 2.7.6 (default, Nov 10 2013, 19:24:24) [MSC v.1500
    64 bit (AMD64)]
   18:22:22 PlexConnect: Host OS: win32
   18:22:22 PlexConnect: IP_self: 172.16.0.2
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "", line 1, in
     File "c:\python27\lib\multiprocessing\forking.py", line 380, in main
       prepare(preparation_data)
     File "c:\python27\lib\multiprocessing\forking.py", line 489, in prepare
       file, path_name, etc = imp.find_module(main_name, dirs)
   ImportError: No module named plexconnect
   18:22:22 PlexConnect: DNSServer not alive. Shutting down.
   18:22:22 PlexConnect: Shutting down.
   18:22:22 PlexConnect: shutdown
   18:22:22 PlexConnect: shutdown
 
I tried searching Plex Forums but did not find any solution.
Can anyone help me?
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You shouldn’t need to run in admin on windows, please reboot your PC and ATV and try again, if you still get issues then provide the info requested in the sticky and we will help you get up and running.

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Thanks for helping me.
 
As suggested I have rebooted PC and ATV3.
Now i executed plexconnect.py as normal user ( not administrator ).
Following is the output.
 
C:\Program Files (x86)\PlexConnect-master>plexconnect.py
08:57:38 PlexConnect: ***
08:57:38 PlexConnect: PlexConnect
08:57:38 PlexConnect: Press CTRL-C to shut down.
08:57:38 PlexConnect: ***
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\PlexConnect-master\PlexConnect.py", line 171, in
    running = startup()
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\PlexConnect-master\PlexConnect.py", line 66, in s
tartup
    dinit('PlexConnect', param, True)  # init logging, new file, main process
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\PlexConnect-master\Debug.py", line 47, in dinit
    f = open(g_logfile, 'w')
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\PlexConnect-mas
ter\\.\\PlexConnect.log'
 
C:\Program Files (x86)\PlexConnect-master>
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Looks like you don’t have permissions to write to the plexconnect folder. This can be an issue on windows 7 due to the way the secure program files. either change the permissions or move your plexconnect folder out of program files.

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Yeah, I run plexconnect from the root of c:\...ie:

c:\plexconnect\

didnt have to do any security settings at all.

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