To Run Administrator or not?

[ihate100bees]

Should I choose to run it (vs. 2021.3.0) as the administrator or not? Any difference in either way?
Thanks -
Win 10 pro
64 bit

[cqd]

Yes..

[albee1952]

And just to confuse you more, no. Here's my experience based on using Pro Tools for 18+ years. Doing installs and running the program as admin came into play with Windows 7 and stuck with us for many years. Somewhere in the Windows 10 world, I started having some issues and was chatting with an Avid employee and he suggested to NOT us the Run as Admin option for both the install, and the daily running of the program. For most of a year now, I have skipped Run as Admin and have not had any issues at all(and it did solve the issue I was having, which I can't remember)

BTW, with 2021.3, you MUST uninstall the previous version before installing this new version

[EGS]

Originally Posted by albee1952

... Doing installs and running the program as admin came into play with Windows 7 and stuck with us for many years...

Yes, and I still install/run as admin. In fact, I have my rigs always boot as admin. Works here - no issues. Maybe it dosen't matter? I dunno. Perhaps someone from AVID can reply?