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greerc
Aspirant
Jan 19, 2026

Totally remove Plex?

I know that I can reinstall Plex. but what happens if I totally remove it? Then I can cleanly install it and any flags do not show up.

 

It just trys to launch and fails, with the error that' 192.168.x.x  refused to connect' (192.168.x.x is my NAS address). It looks like '192.169.x.x:32400/web' is the actual command. It follows up with  the error that it cannot start with the error code 2200201000.

 

 I can use the NAS but Plex cannot.  Please help!

 

 

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  • StephenB's avatar
    StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    greerc wrote:

    (192.168.x.x is my NAS address).

    FYI, 192.168.x.x addresses are private (not routable over the internet), so you can safely post them.

     

    See this post:

    • https://community.netgear.com/discussions/readynas-current-apps-add-ons/plex-is-failing-to-initialize-with-error-22002010000-on-latest-version-on-readyn/1010920/replies/1011729

     

    You might also want to look at this post, in order to get more info on how to find the pid file that you need to delete.

    • https://community.netgear.com/discussions/readynas-current-apps-add-ons/can%E2%80%99t-uninstall-plex-app-which-has-error-2200201000/2136292/replies/2160061
  • Unfortunely the second command where you type the net use command

     did not work.

     

    There are two ways to look for the pid file.  One is to use ssh.  The other is to access the NAS data volume with admin credentials.  For example, run CMD and enter this:

    net use * /delete /y

    net use t: \\nas-ip-address\data /user:admin nas-admin-password

    using the real NAS IP address and NAS admin password of course.  Be care on the typing (both the slash directions and the spaces matter).

     

    Then open file explorer, and enter T:\.apps\plexmediaserver\MediaLibrary\Plex Media Server in the address bar.  

     

    I get an error that it cannot find it. I must doing something

     wrong.  

     

    So I just ssh'd in and looked for the problem ...and I found and then I rm the file.  

     

    I had this posted twice and your only one that responed. Any way it fixed it.

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