Double-click the downloaded MSI file to begin the installation.Download the latest release of PmsService, which is the MSI file.To setup Plex to run as a service, use the following steps: The next section will discuss how to install and setup the service on Windows. The second point involves installing a third-party, opensource, service manager specifically designed for Plex. This is the account that will run the Plex service and will contains all the settings for Plex. The second part of that point means you should create a user account on the system that isn't an administrator account. The page explains where to find and delete the registry key. The first point is to delete any registry key for the user account associated with Plex on your system. Install the PMS Service application to enable Plex to run as a service.I suggest you create a standard user account for Plex, and then move the Plex data to that account. Stop Plex from running when a user is logged into the machine.If you would like to run Plex Media Server as a service on a Windows machine, you will need to do two things:
By default, Plex only runs when the user that installed Plex is logged into the machine, so I had to change this functionality in order to have Plex run as a server.
To accomplish what I have described above requires Plex to run as a service in Windows. The server updates and reboots automatically, and after each update Plex Media Server automatically restarts so Plex is available as long as the system is running. I run the machine headless, which means there is no monitor attached to it, and I also don't have a user logged into the machine, unless I need to perform some maintenance. My Plex server is currently running on a Windows 10 workstation that I keep under my desk.
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