Plex server missing even after full VM restore

here’s the whitepaper on editing the location.

I did the same thing with mine, deleted both, and I forget how I solved it. Maybe stop and restart plex server itself.

I did the plex as a service method where you use task scheduler. Works perfectly every time.

You need to get plex server running perfectly before you do plex as a service. It will only do what it’s already doing.

Make sure you are using the \\servername\share method for linking your movie/tv locations.