# Plex SERVER Auto-start - How? **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** server-windows\ **Created:** [September 16, 2023, 6:09pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-auto-start-how/853858 "2023-09-16T18:09:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9
**Author:** ![pshanew](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/pshanew/32/160555_2.png) [@pshanew](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pshanew)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2023, 9:38pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-auto-start-how/853858/9 "2023-09-16T21:38:48Z")
Fair enough. I re-tested on Windows 10 Pro and it still works there as well (PMS not available after restart with it disabled; PMS is available after restart with it enabled without logging in). Microsoft mentions a couple of things in [the article I linked originally](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/automatically-finish-setting-up-a-pc-after-an-update-or-restart-a0dadce5-dca1-1c4d-ce14-a0f480f3265e#ID0EBD=Windows_10) which could cause this to fail, so perhaps that’s a contributing factor. Given this, it may be that your only solution will be to run PMS as a service. There’s also this ancient, not very popular (by votes) feature suggestion to natively support running as a service under Windows. > [@\[Popular\] Create Plex Server as a service (Windows)](https://forums.plex.tv/t/popular-create-plex-server-as-a-service-windows/21022): > > Hi, I would like to see Plex Server created as a service on windows, this way you could have the option of starting Plex Server when you turn on the PC. You don’t have to login to an account. It is great when the power goes out, etc… when the PC powers up so does all the Plex goodness. I am not sure if you can do this for Mac and Linux but I am sure they would love it too, if possible. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-auto-start-how/853858)._