Why is Run as Administrator the default?

[froggie]

Just out of curiosity, why is Run as Administrator the default when using the installer? From all I read here, it seems clear that using the Service works best in almost all cases. For that matter, when would run as Administrator be needed?

[void]

The default is to install the Everything Service, unless:

• Your OS is Windows XP or earlier.
• The installer is run with an admin account
• Run as admin was enabled in a previous installation.

Everything requires administrative privileges for low level read access to NTFS volumes.
To index NTFS volumes you will need to either:

• Install the Everything Service (recommended)
• Run Everything as administrator

Please try running the installer as a standard user.

You can change this setting at anytime:

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the General tab on the left.
• Check Store settings and data in %APPDATA%\Everything
• Uncheck Run as administrator.
• Check Everything Service. (Please make sure this is tick-checked and not square-checked)
• Click OK.
• Exit Everything (right click the Everything tray icon and click Exit).
• Restart Everything.