My main system crashed and in the mean time i’m using a powerful laptop. I removed the 2 plex hdd’s and connected them via docking station to the laptop. Now on 1 of the drives is the data folder "Plex Server Data\Plex Media Server" which afaik hold all the scanned data etc. Now i installed plex on …

There used to be an option to set the path in the web GUI, but that was removed a long time ago. These days, you have to use the registry to do it: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Plex, Inc.\Plex Media Server\LocalAppDataPath

Then i did find the proper registry option through google. Such a simple function removed… Would this restore my library data in its entirety? I figure i’d just have to update the library folder paths to the ones on the now docked drives (thus changing the drive letters)?

It should restore everything, but I haven’t done this in a long time. Let us know how it goes. And yes, you want to make absolutely sure that the paths are correct for all libraries before you run a scan. If the folders have changed, though, this might not work without rescanning everything.

Brought everything back alright. But the changed filepaths still triggered a full rescan but i guess that’s still quicker than a full file scan as i just needs to update the filepaths edit scanning seems to scan for intro’s/credits too. Ah well. Better than nothing. I’ll let it run overnight, and t…

What I would have done is ensure that both drives have the same letter as the old system. Ive had to move plex before, and that minimized issues.

hi there, im having to do very similar but with a gas drive, and I need to more the Plex library folder which has all the metadata in to a new drive location but the media files are staying in the same location, you mention to use the registry but I don’t understand what this will entails. can you p…

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Plex Server data path

Plex Media Server

OttoKerner April 2, 2023, 9:27am 8

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