Emby as a service is no longer working

[tda0626 0]

For the longest time, it has worked fine but here recently it will not load Emby on a reboot/log off until the account is logged in.

Tried the steps again here and it still won't work, https://support.emby.media/support/solutions/articles/44001159984-running-emby-server-as-a-windows-service. Was there a Windows update that doesn't play well with the way NSSM makes the service?

 

 

Tim

[Luke 42086]

Hi, when the user logs in, is there an Emby icon in the system tray?

[tda0626 0]

No sir, I have to manually start Emby. However, if I go to Task Manager and view the services before manual start, the service is indeed running and listed.

[Luke 42086]

HI, I'm not sure. This is the first I've heard of it. Perhaps try removing the service altogether and then setting it back up again?

[pwhodges 2014]

11 minutes ago, tda0626 said:

No sir, I have to manually start Emby. However, if I go to Task Manager and view the services before manual start, the service is indeed running and listed.

So the service has started as expected; why do you think that it is not working at that point?

When you start Emby manually, are you starting the service (again?) or simply running a copy of it by double-clicking, or from a command line - either opf which which will create a separate instantiation?  If you have a separate copy running, the question arises of what ports each is using.

Luke's suggestion to start again may well be the easier move at this point.

Paul

[tda0626 0]

The service shows started but when I try to access over wifi or remotely, the server does not respond. Only after I double click the executable does it work. Sometimes my kids log me off my account by accident and when this happens I can't access the server so the service isn't working as intended. I have tried setting up the service again but I get the same results. This started happening about a month or so ago. 

[Luke 42086]

OK, unless you see something obvious in windows event viewer that can be corrected, i would try what i suggested and let us know if that helps. thanks.