# Plex suddenly stopped working

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-suddenly-stopped-working/656603>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-windows\
**Created:** [November 23, 2020, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-suddenly-stopped-working/656603 "2020-11-23T11:53:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![RobParker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4bbf92/32.png) [@RobParker](https://forums.plex.tv/u/RobParker)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-suddenly-stopped-working/656603/1 "2020-11-23T11:53:15Z")

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Server Version#: 1.21.0  
Player Version#: Variety

I’m getting this error when I start my windows plex server.

 ![Screenshot 2020-11-23 at 11.45.02](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/3/3/33fd360f926c0e0cfb557fecf7466effca62ffa6.png)

Plex is also now failing to play a lot of files that it used to handle fine. It just hangs on the loading when I try to play or gives a “Something went wrong” error screen. It’s not every file that does it but a lot do that were absolutely fine.

Anyone any ideas?

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2021, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-suddenly-stopped-working/656603/2 "2021-02-21T11:53:16Z")

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