Once installed, the Plex Media Server won't open. It appears open in task manager, can't interact

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September 28, 2024
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I’m running Windows 11 and my Plex Media Server has stopped working suddenly. I’ve installed, uninstalled and reinstalled. I’ve turned off firewall and Windows defender to test, but nothing seems to work. Please help I’ve been pulling my hair out troubleshooting.

Cheers

Do you see the Plex server task tray icon?
bottom, right, might be hidden under the ∧

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I’m having the same issue. Uninstalled, reinstalled many times both from the plex site and the windows store. media server app won’t open. the icon is showing in the task tray but upon clicking ‘open plex’ it just takes me to the website

That’s the expected behavior.
The server itself doesn’t have a native user interface. You’re accessing/managing the server through a web app.

https://support.plex.tv/articles/200288586-installation/

makes sense tysm

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