Bug Report OBS install causing explorer/desktop to not refresh

Rob Girard

New Member
Hello, I'm new to OBS and this forum, however, I think I've discovered a bug with the install concerning Windows 10

So I've recently started preparing to stream regularly, and decided to go with OBS. After installing and getting acclimated to the options and controls for a bit, I noticed a strange issue with my desktop. You might be aware of a common issue with Windows that has lingered since at least back to 7, where the desktop and folders don't refresh after moving, deleting or renaming files. You need to manually refresh to see the change with F5. Well this was now occurring on my system. After attempting some of the fixes suggested in other forums for the general Windows bug without success, I uninstalled the last software added, which was OBS. The issue resolved. To confirm, I reinstalled OBS and the refresh bug again was observed.

Has anyone else experienced this problem? If so, is there a solution? Regardless, I wanted to bring this to your attention as others may have this issue without even knowing the possible cause.

Kind Regards,
Rob
 

Fenrir

Forum Admin
That doesn't really make any sense, OBS is completely self contained. It has no control over your system in that way.
 

Rob Girard

New Member
Hey Fenrir,

After seeing your reply, I went back and tried to reproduce the issue by installing other random software and messing about with other options within windows. You are indeed correct, it seems OBS was not the cause of this, because the issue returned without it installed.

Please feel free to delete this thread.
 
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