Plex Service not Installed
sbeaudoin opened this issue · 4 comments
What I did
- Copied version 0.2.1.1 in C:\Program Files\Plex Auto Updater.
- Plex server run as a service and ONLY as a service with NSSM as "Plex Media Server".
- Plex server is installed in "C:\Program Files\Plex\Plex Media Server\Plex Media Server.exe".
- The service "Plex Media Server" is running and the web UI is available.
- Changed "PlexServiceName" of "psupdate.exe.config" to "Plex Media Server".
- First run strangely gives an error concerning the bluetooth stack being absent, did not occur on the following executions.
- Launched "psupdate.exe" as an administrator.
What occured
- Popup titled "Plex Updater Error" with the text "The Plex Service is not Installed".
What was expected
- A windows with an "upgrade" button.
Looking at the code, I see the parameter name is configusing. It is not the service name, but the display name of the installation package.
As my installation package was "Plex Media Server 1.29.1.6316 (x64)", I changed the "PlexServiceName" to that and it does not change nothing.
Looked at the registry key "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall{688e1d8f-188e-49cd-83ca-2669a7e3f8cc}_is1", and the display name is correctly "Plex Media Server 1.29.1.6316 (x64)".
For the service name specified in the config file, you will need to use the value that is displayed in the service properties:
Oh! Yes, it did work. I suggest to make a service selection list available. This would show all services installed who point to nssm,exe. This would be easier than change a config file without remembering there is a display name and a service name and use the wrong one, as I did.
Plex can be installed as a service without using NSSM so I would need to list all services to ensure I won't miss any. This also wouldn't work when running the updater from a command line.
Instead, I'll update the code so either the service name or display name can be used to identify the service.