Server Version#: Player Version#: after PC restart the option ‘start plex media server at login’ is not working. for plex to work I must start the application manually. Windows 11.

What’s in this registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run ?

thank you for the quick replay. attached screenshot. [regedit]

Interesting… Did you install your server into a non-default drive/directory ?

i don’t know. i followed the instruction without any changes.

Press CTRL+Shift+Esc to open the Windows Task Manager. Switch to the Autostart tab is Plex Media Server or PMS listed on there, and is it activated?

the Plex Media Server is NOT listed in the AutoStart on the Windows Task Manager.

What happens if you remove the Auto-run checkmark in the Plex task tray icon context menu and then add it again? [PMS_tray_icon_win10_context_menu]

[image] shukim: i don’t know. Check in file explore, if the following directory exists: C:\Program Files\Plex\Plex Media Server

i can’t remove the Auto-run checkmark because it’s not checked.

[image] shukim: because it’s not checked Can you check it? And then see if PMS now is in the autostart list?

Start plex media server at login not working

shukim October 27, 2022, 12:22pm 3

thank you for the quick replay. attached screenshot.

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