# File browser web interface error

**URL:** <https://community.start9.com/t/file-browser-web-interface-error/1339>\
**Category:** Services Support\
**Created:** [April 23, 2024, 11:02am UTC](https://community.start9.com/t/file-browser-web-interface-error/1339 "2024-04-23T11:02:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![prosper](https://community.start9.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/7c8e57/32.png) [@prosper](https://community.start9.com/u/prosper)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2024, 11:02am UTC](https://community.start9.com/t/file-browser-web-interface-error/1339/1 "2024-04-23T11:02:15Z")

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Hi  
I am seeing the following error message on my server:  
“can only create exec sessions on running containers: container state improper”

Not sure if it is related, but this happened after I did a system backup on an external HD and then disconnected that device.

 ![image](https://community.start9.com/uploads/default/original/1X/8626f9407c8a21feef9d82471a47fc41027d1b0d.png)

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**Author:** ![prosper](https://community.start9.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/7c8e57/32.png) [@prosper](https://community.start9.com/u/prosper)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2024, 12:46pm UTC](https://community.start9.com/t/file-browser-web-interface-error/1339/2 "2024-04-23T12:46:19Z")

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So I restarted the whole start9 server and the error went away.

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**Author:** ![StuPleb](https://community.start9.com/user_avatar/community.start9.com/stupleb/32/195_2.png) [@StuPleb](https://community.start9.com/u/StuPleb)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2024, 8:01pm UTC](https://community.start9.com/t/file-browser-web-interface-error/1339/3 "2024-04-23T20:01:40Z")

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As you’ve discovered, when presented with this particular error:

```auto
Error: can only create exec session on running containers: container start imporper

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…it can be solved by…

1. First restarting the server
2. If the issue persists, System → System Rebuild.

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**Author:** ![freedom](https://community.start9.com/user_avatar/community.start9.com/freedom/32/754_2.png) [@freedom](https://community.start9.com/u/freedom)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 2:24am UTC](https://community.start9.com/t/file-browser-web-interface-error/1339/4 "2024-04-26T02:24:27Z")

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“Restarting” works on so many things in life, that I wonder if it’s some sort of quasi-evidence for reincarnation too. I digress. LOL