# Plex Server for Windows shuts down during the night **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Created:** [January 5, 2018, 5:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-for-windows-shuts-down-during-the-night/220406 "2018-01-05T17:14:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alacy\_awlhome.com](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@alacy\_awlhome.com](https://forums.plex.tv/u/alacy_awlhome.com)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 5:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-for-windows-shuts-down-during-the-night/220406/1 "2018-01-05T17:14:16Z")
I recently installed Plex server for windows on a new Windows 2016 server. The system is fine during the day… But the plex server is not running in the morning. I saw one crash in the eventlog for 1/4/17, but none for 1/5/17… Do I need to setup the Plexserver.exe to run as a service? ---
**Author:** ![Uh\_Oh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/uh_oh/32/11983_2.png) [@Uh\_Oh](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Uh_Oh)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 8:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-for-windows-shuts-down-during-the-night/220406/2 "2018-01-05T20:03:26Z")
Did your server reboot overnight? Microsoft released out of band critical updates on the 3rd. If you don’t have Plex in your startup folder, and your server rebooted, that would be a logical reason. ---
**Author:** ![sa2000](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/sa2000/32/6922_2.png) [@sa2000](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sa2000)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-for-windows-shuts-down-during-the-night/220406/3 "2018-01-06T13:17:43Z")
> @“[alacy@awlhome.com](mailto:alacy@awlhome.com)” said: > I recently installed Plex server for windows on a new Windows 2016 server. > The system is fine during the day… But the plex server is not running in the morning. > I saw one crash in the eventlog for 1/4/17, but none for 1/5/17… > Do I need to setup the Plexserver.exe to run as a service? sounds like a crash when running the Plex Media Server scheduled tasks Please make sure you are running with [debug logging](https://support.plex.tv/articles/201643703-reporting-issues-with-plex-media-server/#toc-1) enabled - I is enabled by default In Plex Web app, settings / server / general / show advanced When the crash occurs, restart the server and get the logs zip in Plex Web app, settings / server / help / download logs Then post here with zip file attached ---
**Author:** ![ChiefPEZhead](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chiefpezhead/32/20418_2.png) [@ChiefPEZhead](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChiefPEZhead)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 4:17pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-for-windows-shuts-down-during-the-night/220406/4 "2018-02-08T16:17:04Z")
This continues to happen 1-3 times a week for me. PlexPy notified me at 4:12am EST on 2/8/2018 that the server was not responding. I have my scheduled tasks set to run between 4-6am with all options selected except for “Update all libraries during maintenance” and if the server becomes unavailable, it is always during this 2 hour window. Some nights the tasks run without issue. I’ve attached the logs as requested. ---
**Author:** ![ChiefPEZhead](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chiefpezhead/32/20418_2.png) [@ChiefPEZhead](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChiefPEZhead)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 11:50am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-for-windows-shuts-down-during-the-night/220406/5 "2018-02-09T11:50:12Z")
Another set of logs without verbose. Server became unavailable around 4:10am EST. ---
**Author:** ![sa2000](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/sa2000/32/6922_2.png) [@sa2000](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sa2000)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2018, 11:38am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-for-windows-shuts-down-during-the-night/220406/6 "2018-02-10T11:38:43Z")
> @ChiefPEZhead said: > Another set of logs without verbose. Server became unavailable around 4:10am EST. Please do not double post. Already being dealt with here [http://forums.plex.tv/discussion/comment/1611297/#Comment\_1611297](http://forums.plex.tv/discussion/comment/1611297/#Comment_1611297) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 12:24am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-for-windows-shuts-down-during-the-night/220406/7 "2020-01-08T00:24:26Z")