# Plex Media Server loadiing problems **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** server-windows, android-tv\ **Created:** [March 15, 2022, 10:21am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server-loadiing-problems/780694 "2022-03-15T10:21:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bleach80](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/bleach80/32/19508_2.png) [@Bleach80](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Bleach80)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server-loadiing-problems/780694/21 "2022-05-13T20:52:31Z")
btw in the past it started pretty much soon after rebooting ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2022, 9:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server-loadiing-problems/780694/22 "2022-05-13T21:14:06Z")
And it comes up promptly when you start it via the Start menu? Or do you need to perform some tricks? ---
**Author:** ![Bleach80](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/bleach80/32/19508_2.png) [@Bleach80](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Bleach80)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2022, 10:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server-loadiing-problems/780694/23 "2022-05-13T22:35:35Z")
Yes it comes up via start menu . Is that sarcasm regarding tricks ---
**Author:** ![dbirch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f19dbf/32.png) [@dbirch](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dbirch)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2022, 3:20am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server-loadiing-problems/780694/24 "2022-05-14T03:20:09Z")
Odds are its not setup for auto start correctly. Save this as a `plex_run.reg` and then double click it. ```auto Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] "Plex Media Server"="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Plex\\Plex Media Server\\Plex Media Server.exe\"" ``` ---
**Author:** ![Bleach80](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/bleach80/32/19508_2.png) [@Bleach80](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Bleach80)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2022, 4:50am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server-loadiing-problems/780694/25 "2022-05-14T04:50:10Z")
> [@dbirch](#): > > `plex_run.reg` hi can you tell me exactly how i do that? i made a text file pasted the registry info and saved it as plex\_run.reg and double clicked it but it gave me a error. what am i doing wrong? ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2022, 8:00am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server-loadiing-problems/780694/26 "2022-05-14T08:00:51Z")
You need to use notepad.exe Not WordPad or Word or other word processors. ---
**Author:** ![dbirch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f19dbf/32.png) [@dbirch](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dbirch)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2022, 11:01am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server-loadiing-problems/780694/27 "2022-05-14T11:01:54Z")
What was the error message? ---
**Author:** ![Bleach80](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/bleach80/32/19508_2.png) [@Bleach80](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Bleach80)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2022, 5:24am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server-loadiing-problems/780694/28 "2022-05-16T05:24:59Z")
yes i did use notepad. i figured it out. i know what i did wrong. so i got the registry file to go through and i rebooted. after rebooting i waited more than 20 minutes and still plex media server will not start up in the system tray. i guess the only suggestion left is to remove plex completely and start again? i have revo uninstaller pro. btw in my 15 libraries i have many folders in most of them and theres a few with thousands of videos. those are youtube channel site rips. should i break libraries with that amount of data into more libraries? cause it still lags on loading some folders. however not as bad as it was before i learned about optimization. i checked that app you told me about and the three hard drives i have all are listed as good and at a cool temperature. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2022, 5:25am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server-loadiing-problems/780694/29 "2022-08-14T05:25:39Z")
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