Hi guys it would be really great if all the metadata/database files and everything else was stored in the program files directory rather than in a directory in the user’s profile.
This would make backing up things a bit easier and less risk of losing data if a user’s profile gets corrupt.
It just makes more sense to put things in one place, where it gets installed.
Thanks
You can already tell Plex to find the server data directory in a different location.
That being said… moving it to the programs folder isn’t a particularly good choice. From what I remember it this will violate Microsoft’s own good practices for storing data. Also storing the data there won’t protect it from corruption on your system.
So while you can technically move the directory there, it’s most likely not recommend to move the data to that particular spot.
I second the “Don’t Move program data to the Program files folder” Data does not belong there.
There is the other little fact that, by default you need to run a program as Admin to write to that folder and sub folders. Plex would not be secure if it always needed to be run as admin on windows. And you wouldn’t be secure if you disabled that security setting in general.
Your best bet, add a secondary drive and move your plex database there.
In case you weren’t aware. You can change the location yourself. It’s an advanced setting and requires editing the registry. https://support.plex.tv/articles/201105343-advanced-hidden-server-settings/
You’ll want to change/add LocalAppDataPath
2022 clean-up: this can already be achieved although that particular directory isn’t recommended as a target for the server data directory (considered implemented)
