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Jellyfin Server won't start unless run by administrator - drnickriviera - 2023-11-28
I know I'm not the first person to have this issue, but I haven't been able to determine the solution so I'm hoping someone can help me out. I've used Jellyfin for a couple of years without issue. I had to reinstall a couple of months ago and now I have this problem (Windows 11 standard install - not a service install, latest version). The Jellyfin server will not start unless I run the trayapp executable as administrator. I can run the trayapp executable and it will show up in the tray but the server does not start. If I try to manually start the server it does not start. There are no errors in the Jellyfin log or the Windows application log. However, if I run the executable as Administrator then everything works fine. But that's a pain because I want Jellyfin to start with the PC.
It seems to me that there is an easy solution to this that I just have not discovered yet. I made sure the user running Jellyfin has FULL access to everything in the Program Data\Jellyfin\Server directory and its subdirectories.
I tried upgrading to the latest version but that did not solve the problem.
What else can I try?
Thanks in advance!
RE: Jellyfin Server won't start unless run by administrator - tmsrxzar - 2023-11-28
start in jellyfin logs, windows logs; can be pretty confident that the user does not have access to something jellyfin needs
in a single user environment uac is useless in my opinion and usually the 2nd or 3rd thing disabled; https://www.howtogeek.com/247/disable-user-account-control-uac-the-easy-way-on-windows/
RE: Jellyfin Server won't start unless run by administrator - drnickriviera - 2023-11-28
I tried disabling UAC but it had no effect. The server still does not start unless I run as administrator.
RE: Jellyfin Server won't start unless run by administrator - tmsrxzar - 2023-11-28
and what about the logs?
RE: Jellyfin Server won't start unless run by administrator - drnickriviera - 2023-11-28
Right clicking on the tray icon and going to "Show Logs" gives me the Jellyfin log files but there are no entries for when I run the executable (i.e. I ran it at 1:22 PM but there are not entries for 1:22 PM or beyond).
Ditto for the Windows application log. It shows nothing at all for 1:22 PM.
The tray icon DOES open, it just doesn't (and can't) start the server.
RE: Jellyfin Server won't start unless run by administrator - tmsrxzar - 2023-11-28
ok since you're not giving me anything to work with here's my last idea (doesn't mean others don't have some)
https://www.itpro.com/software/367829/how-to-make-programs-always-run-as-admin-on-windows
RE: Jellyfin Server won't start unless run by administrator - drnickriviera - 2023-11-28
Thank you. I was aware that I can set the program to always run as administrator but then I get the Admin popup at system startup. This can be bypassed by disabling UAC but I'd rather not turn UAC off completely just for Jellyfin if I don't have to (seems to be a security risk).
It seems to me that turning on the server must be attempting to write to a directory outside of Program Data\Jellyfin\Server because I gave everyone full access to that folder and its subs.
Any thoughts on where else Jellyfin could be trying to write to when starting up the server?
RE: Jellyfin Server won't start unless run by administrator - tmsrxzar - 2023-11-28
i don't actually know what else it might be trying to write; i was hoping the log would show that
could also be only administrator is allowed to create listening sockets; not aware of any mechanisms that prevent this but i also dont have evidence to the contrary either
RE: Jellyfin Server won't start unless run by administrator - Love For Chubby Cheeks - 2024-10-30
It appears jellyfin requires admin permissions if it is installed in the default location under C:\Program Files.
If we install it under the user folder (usually under C:\Users), jellybin no longer requires admin rights.
RE: Jellyfin Server won't start unless run by administrator - TheDreadPirate - 2024-10-30
Yes. That is expected.