Plex Update Service.log files

Plex Media Server Desktops & Laptops
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Server Version#: 1.43.0.10389

On Windows 11 the Plex Update Service.log files are written to C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Plex Media Server\Logs.

My LocalAppDataPath points to C:\Plex so the Plex Update Service.log files should be written to C:\Plex\Plex Media Server\Logs like all the other logs.

Another thing is that I have LogNumFiles set to 3 and the normal logs honor this limit but not the PMS Plugin Logs, which still writes the default 5 and with a different naming than the standard logs. Like com.plexapp.system.log.1 instead of com.plexapp.system.1.log.

Just mentioning it :slight_smile:

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The update service is running under the SYSTEM Windows user account.
Therefore it doesn’t have access to the LocalAppDataPath directive and all other server configurations which are stored under the HKEY_CURRENT_USER registry branch.

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Perfect.

I knew there was an explanation somewhere.

Thanks!