# Plex Fails to Startup **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** server-windows\ **Created:** [September 25, 2022, 9:19pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-fails-to-startup/812390 "2022-09-25T21:19:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zingobat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cab0a1/32.png) [@Zingobat](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Zingobat)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2022, 9:19pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-fails-to-startup/812390/1 "2022-09-25T21:19:58Z")
I have version 1.28.2.6151 of Plex installed, and I try to start the server on Windows 7, 64-bit, but it states “Updating library… please wait…”,. and then it looks like it’ll load up as I see in my quickstart area in the bottom right (not the other one with the Windows logo), and when I click on that, it just disappears. The Server is not available at any point, even with the icon shown and before it disappears after trying to click on it. I have uploaded the latest log in the folder. [Plex Media Server.log](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/c4fHCv7CG5cYP7R4uRmStmBUnAL.log) (30.5 KB) I am not certain what is wrong. I tried installing a previous version and clicked on the “Repair” option for it, but that did not work. I do not want to remove and re-install things completely, as I will lose unique posters and organization for a lot of files. ---
**Author:** ![JaysPlex](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/jaysplex/32/281767_2.png) [@JaysPlex](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JaysPlex)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2022, 9:30pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-fails-to-startup/812390/2 "2022-09-25T21:30:37Z")
![Screenshot (2425)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/8/4/c/84cab438789060db92a6f832f39336e257e1f9bb.png) It looks like you have a corrupt database [https://support.plex.tv/articles/repair-a-corrupted-database/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/repair-a-corrupted-database/) [https://support.plex.tv/articles/202485658-restore-a-database-backed-up-via-scheduled-tasks/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/202485658-restore-a-database-backed-up-via-scheduled-tasks/) There are steps in that article for you to make repairs without setting your server back to an original state ---
**Author:** ![Zingobat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cab0a1/32.png) [@Zingobat](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Zingobat)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 8:26pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-fails-to-startup/812390/3 "2022-10-01T20:26:49Z")
Thanks for the response. I see .db files by date, but not all have the “blobs” associated with them, are they supposed to? ---
**Author:** ![JaysPlex](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/jaysplex/32/281767_2.png) [@JaysPlex](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JaysPlex)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 8:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-fails-to-startup/812390/4 "2022-10-01T20:48:21Z")
![Screenshot (2490)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/1/b/f/1bf4b421dfe8016b39151bdaf7224b9f815f6894.png) You mean like that? ---
**Author:** ![baronfunke1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc79bd/32.png) [@baronfunke1](https://forums.plex.tv/u/baronfunke1)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 8:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-fails-to-startup/812390/5 "2022-10-01T20:48:57Z")
I’m having the same issue, but when I try to repair the .db files in SQLite I get errors that it can’t write to a read-only database (and the files are definitely not read-only). ---
**Author:** ![Zingobat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cab0a1/32.png) [@Zingobat](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Zingobat)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 11:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-fails-to-startup/812390/6 "2022-10-03T23:35:02Z")
Yes… the 4 regular files are all from July 2020, and the 4 “blobs” files are from August and September of this year. ---
**Author:** ![Zingobat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cab0a1/32.png) [@Zingobat](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Zingobat)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2022, 7:19pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-fails-to-startup/812390/7 "2022-10-22T19:19:28Z")
So would having different dates on the files be an issue? I would like to get this issue resolved and get my server going again. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![dbirch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f19dbf/32.png) [@dbirch](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dbirch)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2022, 7:25pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-fails-to-startup/812390/8 "2022-10-22T19:25:59Z")
Yeah, having different dates is a problem. It looks like you have had ongoing corruption for a long time. Make sure that Plex is completely closed, (check the task manager too) before attempting the repairs. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 7:26pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-fails-to-startup/812390/9 "2023-01-20T19:26:17Z")
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