Have the same problem for months. Noticed it first with another similar streaming/recording app. The process is running in the task manager, but nothing in the task bar or on screen. The app is not off-screen. Just saying, because it's the first thing everyone will try to point out. It's not a matter of the window being off-screen or minimized. Is a matter of the program not actually showing at all despite the process being open.
First time it happened to me, it was with plays.tv, another recording app. But in their case, they don't allow 2 instances of the same program to run simultaneously so I would always get the "The program is already running" warning. I would have to enter task manager to end the process and open it again. At the second attempt, it would always open with no problems.
This persists until today.
With OBS, because it allows for 2 instances running simultaneously, I didn't realize until way later. I would try to open it and it would not. I would just assume I failed clicking and try again and it would open. (Again, always at the second attempt, without failing.). Then I remembered about plays.tv and decided to check if that was the case with OBS too. And it was. First attempt was only opening in the task manager. I wouldn't get a warning because OBS allows for 2 instances running. But there is is too. And it is annoying as hell.
This is not sometimes. It's not occasionally. It's not 99% of the times. It's 100% of the times. Really strange:
-1.- Click on OBS icon.
-2.- Windows shows the "thinking circle" for a couple of seconds, and nothing happens.
-3.- Go to task Manager and OBS is running.
-4.- OBS is not accessible anywhere. Not even in the task bar.
-5.- It's not off screen, it's not in the task bar. It's not in the notification area.
-6.- Second attempt to open it, either before or after closing the failed OBS process in the task manager, will work fine every single time.
Windows 10 64bit
Intel Core I7-4790 CPU @ 3,60GHz
16Gb RAM
Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti
So both programs where this occurs are related with streaming and recording video. So I better also add that I don't have them all running at the same time. If I'm using OBS Studio, then plays.tv, Shadowplay and Windows DVR are closed and not running. Same can be said of each of them individually.
Despite that, could this still be some sort of incompatibility among them? In some weird way that completely escapes me?
Any help appreciated. Thanks
