Plex server doesn't start the setup wizard on install

Plex Media Server
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I recently realized that the account I had was actually a sub account of my friend who helped me set it up. This created several problems for me and decided to make a new account on my own.

I uninstalled everything and started over from scratch

I made the new account and then went to “Your media” and used the link there to go get Plex Server. I installed that and no setup wizard happened. It just did the install and was like ok it’s running now go you… BUT plex still says I need a server.

From what I can tell a setup wizard should have popped up to set up the name of the server and libraries and all of that and it did not.

I have uninstalled rebooted reinstalled several times to no avail…

This is extremely annoying at this point so I hope someone cal give me some guidance on how to proceed.

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Did you delete the registry content after uninstalling the server software?
If not, your newly installed server is still using the old account.

https://support.plex.tv/articles/201941078-uninstall-plex-media-server/

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i’ll try that

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The registry key it says to remove is not present

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Did you actually download and install “Plex MEDIA SERVER” and not “Plex for Windows”?

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yes i installed Plex Media server

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See New Claiming Requirement for Windows

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That didn’t seem to work either the file it said to run doesn’t exist in my plex server files…
This is really getting frustrating

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I’m completely new to Plex, downloaded Plex and Plex MS but no wizard. Can I force-start the wizard or use the server some other way? This is kind of ridiculous.

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