Server Version#: v.1.41.8.9834-071366d65 Player Version#: Web Hi all, I’ve spent way too much time trying to figure out what’s wrong with this. The short version is that everything was working fine. It asked to update my sever, so I did. Now it doesn’t work on my PC. It’s a decently beefy machine …

[image] Plex Media Server broke during update, now won't launch even with fresh install Desktops & Laptops Your logs stop right after checking your gpu. Check that your gpu drivers are up to date and try again. Another possibility is that the install logs mention a possib…

Did you delete the Plex Data Folder at any point? No: Navigate to the Plex Data Folder , zip the Logs directory, and attach to the thread. Yes: You deleted the database with library definitions, watch history, etc. Plex Docs → Plex Media Server → Uninstall Plex Media Server Do not use Revo, CC…

Thank you for the reply! I uninstalled PMS, including the Data Folder, and then rebooted, after which I reinstalled the current public version of PMS. Once PMS launches after the install, it gets the the part where it checks libraries and then closes, at which point the icon disappears from the tr…

[image] Vortaine: I uninstalled PMS, including the Data Folder, a Did you clean out the Plex registry branch? If not, it might contain a directive to use a specific folder as the plex data folder . If that folder location is not existent, Plex server will close immediately on startup. i.e. i…

There are some spurious reports that the registry entry for the custom data directory gets cleared after the latest PMS update. Is that what happened here perhaps?

[image] d2freak: There are some spurious reports that the registry entry for the custom data directory gets cleared after the latest PMS update. I never heard about that before. Link? I’d think that this is rather the logical side effect of using an Uninstaller tool (which you should avoid w…

[image] OttoKerner: I never heard about that before. Link? This: Reddit - The heart of the internet Although I did already point BigWheel to this same post, and he posted there already. Not sure if anything came from it. It’s only a spurious comment after all so maybe there’s nothing to it. …

[image] d2freak: But I feel like there are a lot of “my libraries disappeared” after the update. Maybe it is some truth to it? I’d say most of these statements are made by rather un-technical users, who used the new mobile app and were greeted by an empty Home screen (after the update of the …

Thanks for the reply. To address that and a few others: At first, I didn’t clean out everything, and I didn’t do anything out of the ordinary (from a non-techy side of things). Plex said the sever needed an update, and it was out of date enough that my app said it’s now incompatible, so I updated i…

Try it this way: Unable to update - #2 by OttoKerner If after doing the above you miss the web app starting after a computer reboot, or the server is not automatically starting: start Plex server manually using the regular Windows Start menu then right-click on the Plex icon in the Windows task t…

Talking through the process to make sure I did it right: Downloaded the .BAT file and had it in the PMS folder. Ran it, CMD came up and went through the process and completed, automatically closing. Uninstalled using the Add/Remove program native to Windows, rebooted, downloaded the current public …

PMS - Doesn't Start Anymore, Tray Icon Disappears Immediately

Plex Media Server

MovieFan June 3, 2025, 3:16am 17

Your logs look just like this other reported issue.

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PMS - Doesn't Start Anymore, Tray Icon Disappears Immediately

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