Plex server not starting at Windows 10 login

Plex stopped auto-starting at login recently, and I can’t figure out why. I checked startup tab in task manager, and the app is set to enabled. However, the thumbnail icon next to plex media server in this list of apps is a generic image. I think this used to be the plex icon. I also do not see any mention of plex in my services.msc list other than the plex update service. Is there supposed to be another item in services for the server service?

Could my installation be messed up somehow? Will reinstalling PMS over this install mess things up? I have backups, but I still want to fix this with as little trouble as I can. Thanks for any help.

Check out the Plex Media Server icon in the Windows system tray. If the option to automatically start the server is checked, uncheck it. Then re-enable the option.

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This was the fix. Thank you for sharing! No idea why this got switched off.

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