Windows 10 PMS crashing.

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Tried posting this in the windows area with no results. As the title says the PMS on my windows 10 machine crashes right after I try starting it. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling and it still continues.

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This usually happens when you set the location of the Plex data folder to an invalid drive/folder.
Do you remember doing so?
(Settings - Server- General - ‘Show Advanced’ - “The path where local application data is stored”)
If you changed it to an external drive for instance, the drive’s drive letter may have changed. If that is the case, change the drive letter back to the original.
If you don’t know anymore which drive letter it was, take a look into the Windows Registry.
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Plex, Inc.\Plex Media Server
It is stored in the key LocalAppDataPath

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I literally changed nothing and it worked after having uninstalled for about a week. No idea why it’s being fussy on this PC.

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@OttoKerner said:
This usually happens when you set the location of the Plex data folder to an invalid drive/folder.
Do you remember doing so?
(Settings - Server- General - ‘Show Advanced’ - “The path where local application data is stored”)
If you changed it to an external drive for instance, the drive’s drive letter may have changed. If that is the case, change the drive letter back to the original.
If you don’t know anymore which drive letter it was, take a look into the Windows Registry.
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Plex, Inc.\Plex Media Server
It is stored in the key LocalAppDataPath

Thank you for your input, I’ll make sure to use this in the future if it happens again.