Window capture on windows 10 virtual desktop

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Avuler

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Hi everyone.

First let me introduce you into my issue. I've updated the OBS to the latest version and now the option from this thread title disappeared.
Before update I could use second virtual desktop to record "window capture" for example lets say a video from youtube while the OBS was on my first desktop (I don't have 2 monitors). Now when I open OBS on my first normal desktop and this example - youtube on virtual second desktop (I don't minimize yt from second desktop, just switching by Wkey + tab) it captures only sound with black screen. When I put OBS on same desktop, no matter if it is virtual or not, where the app from window capture is then it works but when I want to record it after switching to other desktop (virtual one or normal one) OBS stops capturing this window I've picked. As I said before, everything worked fine until this latest update and I'm not able to capture anything from virtual desktop while sitting on another one. Any solutions? Thanks in advance.
 
Mom told me: "Never update if it works, never fix something that works basically OK". Sorry, Mom, I should have heard your advice... I will probably have to forget about OBS, it remembers old non working issues and does not let you reinstall older versions. :(
 
If anyone is still looking for an answer here, I have a sort of workaround. I setup the window cap in obs on main desktop, then move the window to virtual desktop. For me (streaming a talk show) the window caps I use to get things from google meets on screen keep working (in chrome and chromium). but... if I open properties in OBS for the window cap, it then fails and I have to move the window to main desktop to make it work again, then again move it to virtual desktop.
 
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