Everything was running fine, but now the Plex app (Win10, Plex-1.20.0.1406-f47a81b7-x86_64.exe) won’t start. Nothing in the event log, but zipped Plex log is attached. Server is on Ubuntu and running fine. Playback through Amazon fire units is also OK. I’m sure I did something stupid when I reco…

Thanks. That got me a little further. Now I get a splash screen before it just quits. Still nothing in event log. Here’s the log from the latest try: Plex.7z (6.7 KB) Rog

Close this. Fixed by uninstalling, deleting registry entries, and re-installing.

Plex app fails at startup, Win10

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OttoKerner October 19, 2020, 10:49am 2

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Plex app fails at startup, Win10

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