Run as administrator?

[student]

Q1. What is the correct way make OBS run as administrator (I want to just double click icon to run as administrator, set once and remember forever). Is A or B correct? Do I need to do both A and B?

A. Right click on the OBS icon on my desktop> Properties> in the Shortcut tab select Advanced...> check the box next to Run as Administrator> select OK> select Apply.

B. Right click on the OBS icon on my desktop> Properties> in the Compatibility tab check the box next to Run this program as an administrator>select Apply>select OK

Q2. Is run as administrator necessary for OBS?

Thanks

 

[koala]

With A you're running OBS as admin once.
With B you're running OBS whenever you double click the corresponding icon.
Whether an app is running as admin is signified by the Windows elevation prompt to confirm this action with every start. If there is no prompt, it's not running as admin.

It's not necessary to run OBS as admin. It runs perfectly well as regular user. Running as admin might help if you have issues with lagged frames due to rendering lag, but if you don't have such an issue, it doesn't matter.

 

[student]

I am the only account in my Windows 10 PC and I am administrator (following this article to check https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/21680-determine-account-type-windows-10-a.html ), do I still need to do "run as administrator" steps to run as administrator or just a normal double click on OBS icon will be running as administrator?

My recorded video has normal audio but at some areas it would freeze (like pause) and the audio will still be normal audio. I see the same frozen picture at various times in the video. Does running as administrator helps?

 

[koala]

Even if you user account in Windows 10 is an administrator, Windows runs your user session as if your user is a regular user. Internally, it removes the token that indicates your administrator rights. This is a safeguard against malicious software that might perform evil actions without you noticing. If some app requests an operation that requires administrator rights, Windows asks you for permission on the fly (this is the elevation prompt) and temporarily adds the administrator rights to the app it asked for, and only for this app, and only while this app is actually running. Everything else continues to run without administrator rights.

Whether your recorded video suffers from lagged frames due to rendering lag can be seen from the OBS logfile. We cannot guess without the logfile.