
Stop any Plex processes that are running after the update.Delete the Run keys from the registry to prevent Plex Media Server from running outside of the service.

Stop any Plex processes that are running.Heres how to do it, in real time.My Synology Media Server. Download and verify the latest Plex Media Server update. Updating PLEX server on Synology NAS units often requires a manual update.The application will do the following for you: You just need to take the TGZ file that you got from the Plex website (should be named plex.tgz), and place that inside the DroboApps share. I created the Plex Server Auto Updater application to make it easier to update a Plex installation when it is using the PmsService application to run as a Windows service. I created the Plex Server Auto Updater application to make it easier to update a Plex installation when it is using the PmsService application to run. If you don't wish to perform the above steps manually each time you would like to update your version of Plex, then you can use a tool I created to perform all the steps automatically. The above does not include downloading the update and validating that the update was downloaded correctly.

In order to update Plex when it is running as a Windows service, you will need to do the following:

If you have setup Plex Media Server on Windows to run as a service, then you will find that updating Plex involves a few more steps than just running Plex as a traditional process. The first step will be to download the Plex media server for Linux from its official Downloads page.
