Should I be running steam as an Admin?

[Nobelissimos]

Is there any downsides of running it as an admin? Is this the default way I should be running steam? A non-steam game, for some reason, doesn't work with the steam overlay anymore, but it use to, and now only works if I run steam as an admin.

[ReBoot]

Well, that opens potential security issues as a program running with administrative privileges can screw up your whole system if something goes wrong. However, there are no known cases of Steam doing that. Still, with Steam containing a web browser, running it with user privileges is more secure.

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Thanks now I could fix the overlay in hearthstone.







There won't be any downsides