# Plex server library not automatically updating

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-library-not-automatically-updating/941070>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** plex-web\
**Created:** [July 27, 2026, 12:49am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-library-not-automatically-updating/941070 "2026-07-27T00:49:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![chrisbenjamin620](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/97f17d/32.png) [@chrisbenjamin620](https://forums.plex.tv/u/chrisbenjamin620)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 12:49am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-library-not-automatically-updating/941070/1 "2026-07-27T00:49:56Z")

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Server Version#:1.43.3.10828  
Player Version#:4.160.0  
\<If providing [server logs](https://support.plex.tv/articles/200250417-plex-media-server-log-files/) please do NOT turn on verbose logging, only [debug logging](https://support.plex.tv/articles/201643703-reporting-issues-with-plex-media-server/#toc-1) should be enabled\>  
I recently got a new computer and installed my Plex server on it, but when I download new files to my hard drive connected to the server, it doesn’t update at all. Even attempts to manually update the server haven’t worked. What should i do to fix it?

[Plex Media Server Logs\_2026-07-26\_20-32-21.zip](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/r9BqVdSSE7Hnt5SDwIA58ClXUXM.zip) (3.4 MB)

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**Author:** ![napolij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a4c791/32.png) [@napolij](https://forums.plex.tv/u/napolij)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 2:04am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-library-not-automatically-updating/941070/2 "2026-07-27T02:04:28Z")

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Looks like you added the Boondocks.. Try renaming the top folder to “The Boondocks (2015)”.

The filenames are a mess. You should read up on [Naming and Organizing Your TV Shows](https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-tv-show-files/)

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**Author:** ![chrisbenjamin620](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/97f17d/32.png) [@chrisbenjamin620](https://forums.plex.tv/u/chrisbenjamin620)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 2:38am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-library-not-automatically-updating/941070/3 "2026-07-27T02:38:48Z")

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The file names aren’t my issue; it’s the server failing to add new files when it previously did.

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**Author:** ![napolij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a4c791/32.png) [@napolij](https://forums.plex.tv/u/napolij)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 3:44am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-library-not-automatically-updating/941070/4 "2026-07-27T03:44:22Z")

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Filenames aren’t helping but you also have a filesystem error which is killing the scanning

```auto
Jul 25, 2026 00:35:57.501 [58700] DEBUG - Scanner: Processing directory D:\TV shows (parent: no)
Jul 25, 2026 00:35:57.501 [58700] WARN - Filesystem error (boost::filesystem::last_write_time: The system cannot find the file specified [system:2]: "D:\TV shows") during scanning: 2 in "D:\TV shows"
Jul 25, 2026 00:35:57.501 [58700] ERROR - We got an error scanning in D:\TV shows
Jul 25, 2026 00:35:57.501 [58700] WARN - Scanning the location D:\TV shows did not complete
Jul 25, 2026 00:35:57.501 [58700] DEBUG - Activity: updated activity 0927afc6-6e83-4263-8ff9-8667d5fcae19 - completed 99.0% - Scanning TV Shows

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**Author:** ![chrisbenjamin620](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/97f17d/32.png) [@chrisbenjamin620](https://forums.plex.tv/u/chrisbenjamin620)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 10:04pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-library-not-automatically-updating/941070/5 "2026-07-27T22:04:17Z")

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Ah, i see what you mean now. The hard drive containing the files my server pulled from is now in a different location than it previously was. How do I change it so that my server scans from the proper place?

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**Author:** ![napolij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a4c791/32.png) [@napolij](https://forums.plex.tv/u/napolij)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 10:08pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-library-not-automatically-updating/941070/6 "2026-07-27T22:08:40Z")

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I’m more of a Linux guy, not that great at windows. If you go into the plex web, can you go to TV Shows and cllick the three dots next to it and re-point it to the correct location of the drive with the tv shows?

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**Author:** ![chrisbenjamin620](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/97f17d/32.png) [@chrisbenjamin620](https://forums.plex.tv/u/chrisbenjamin620)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 10:45pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-library-not-automatically-updating/941070/7 "2026-07-27T22:45:15Z")

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That seems to be working. Thank you.

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**Author:** ![napolij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a4c791/32.png) [@napolij](https://forums.plex.tv/u/napolij)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 10:46pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-library-not-automatically-updating/941070/8 "2026-07-27T22:46:52Z")

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Glad you got it working!

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2026, 8:44am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-library-not-automatically-updating/941070/9 "2026-07-28T08:44:34Z")

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To prevent this from happening again, you probably want to give your media hard drive a letter higher up in the alphabet. Which reduces the risk of being taken by a later-added hard drive or temporarily-plugged-in thumb drive. [https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/disk-management/change-a-drive-letter](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/disk-management/change-a-drive-letter)