Plex unable to open database. Deleted everything, reinstalled, still won't open

Server Version#: windows 10 latest
Player Version#: latest
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Been using plex on my desktop for a while now and all of the sudden it closed and says that it cannot access the database and that it has a corrupt database. I’ve tried to go through plex’s instructions to repair which didn’t work. I tried deleting the database file as well, which didn’t work. I uninstalled, restarted, and reinstalled on a different drive and that didn’t work either. what happened and how can I get plex running again?

Do the database files still exist?

NO: Complete uninstall and start over
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YES: Use Plex DBRepair Utility

  1. Download the .bat file
    https://github.com/ChuckPa/PlexDBRepair/blob/master/DBRepair-Windows.bat

  2. Run the utility from a c:\ prompt.

Note: The utility expects Plex Media Server to be installed in the default locations. If it is not, you will need to edit the BAT file.

REM These assume PMS is in the default location
set "PlexData=%LOCALAPPDATA%\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases"
set "PlexSQL=%PROGRAMFILES%\Plex\Plex Media Server\Plex SQLite"

Example:

c:\Temp>DBRepair.bat
19:25:53.73 --  ====== Session begins. (Thu 07/27/2023) ======
19:25:55.26 --  Exporting Main DB
19:26:33.01 --  Exporting Blobs DB
19:26:56.08 --  Exporting Complete.
19:26:56.08 --  Creating Main DB
19:27:13.35 --  Verifying Main DB
19:27:18.03 --  Main DB verification check is: ok
19:27:18.03 --  Main DB verification successful.
19:27:18.04 --  Creating Blobs DB
19:27:21.77 --  Verifying Blobs DB
19:27:22.29 --  Blobs DB verification check is: ok
19:27:22.48 --  Blobs DB verification successful.
19:27:22.51 --  Import and verification complete.
19:27:22.61 --  Reindexing Main DB
19:27:27.21 --  Reindexing Blobs DB
19:27:27.81 --  Reindexing complete.
19:27:27.81 --  Moving current DBs to DBTMP and making new databases active
        1 file(s) moved.
        1 file(s) moved.
        1 file(s) moved.
        1 file(s) moved.
19:27:27.91 --  Database repair/rebuild/reindex completed.
19:27:27.91 --  ====== Session completed. ======

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