jellyfin.exe missing after Windows update

[Lillebo]

Just updated my Windows 10 and suddenly the jellyfin.exe file is missing from the server directory.

The update in question is:

Security Intelligence Update for Windows Defender Antivirus - KB2267602 (Version 1.313.1802.0)

[Hoshigamifd]

ME TOO !! Only I open jellyfin with view console mode.

[anthonylavado]

Hrm. Haven't had this come up before. Is it the tray app that's missing, or is Jellyfin.exe actually gone?

[Lillebo]

Jellyfin.exe is actually gone 😕 Could you provide a download link for a replacement file so I don't have to reinstall everything and risk losing my meta stuff? I'm on Windows 10 Pro, 64bit.

[anthonylavado]

You can download the ZIP (not the install EXE) and it'll be inside there. Again, I don't think this has happened before. If you suspect a Windows Defender update has removed it, check the Defender logs to see why it was detected/deleted.

[Lillebo]

I tried downloading the zip and extracting jellyfin.exe into my server directory. But absolutely nothing happens when I try to run the file. No errors, nothing. Running as administrator has no effect either.

[anthonylavado]

We have a new version available now, so if you download it, it will act as an upgrade for you. The upgrade would put a new Jellyfin.exe and other files too.

[Lillebo]

Upgrading to the latest version fixed it, thanks 🙂

[Hoshigamifd]

@anthonylavado thanks .
when I click actor picture with upgrading to the new version , loading so slow(about 20s).
I have to restore the old version, makes very smoothly. And some movies with long name UI become very large ,
can't dis[lay "play, delete, watched" icons. :(

[anthonylavado]

when I click actor picture with upgrading to the new version , loading so slow(about 20s).
I have to restore the old version, makes very smoothly. And some movies with long name UI become very large ,
can't dis[lay "play, delete, watched" icons. :(

@Hoshigamifd I think these issues are listed on the jellyfin/jellyfin-web repository. If you haven't yet, I would check there and vote for them :)

[thaynos]

same issues happened with me and a lot of other people too...
https://www.reddit.com/r/jellyfin/comments/un3nqn/inexplicable_jellyfinexe_disappeared/

[seguri]

I've just downloaded all archives from https://repo.jellyfin.org/?path=/server/portable/latest-stable/any and jellyfin.exe is missing from all of them...

[nielsvanvelzen]

The portable windows builds can be found in https://repo.jellyfin.org/?path=/server/windows/latest-stable/amd64

[seguri]

Thanks. If the portable version is also under /server/windows, the docs at https://jellyfin.org/downloads/windows/ might need to get fixed.

[nielsvanvelzen]

Those docs are correct although not very clear. The "dotnet portable" version requires a dotnet runtime and you'll need to run it from the commandline like so dotnet jellyfin.dll. It's platform independent so that download works on any OS as long as you have a dotnet runtime installed.