Webcam not working

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Hi, can't figure out the component that isn't allowing the laptop webcam to work. It worked fine without explicitly searching for drivers.
 

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Windows Camera is the base library, and Camera Frame Server allows other desktop apps to share the webcam feed.
Code: 
                <c>frameserver 'Camera Frame Server'</c>
                <c>microsoft.windowscamera 'Windows Camera'</c>
 
Now the camera turns on, but I get the error "close other apps that might be using your camera". It used to work without these components in 22H2.
 
Maybe you need this one, too:
Code: 
                <c>webcamexperience 'Webcam Experience'</c>
 
Search the XML for SearchOrderConfig. It's set to 0 in your preset, which prevents Windows Update from automatically installing a driver for your hardware while online, and they must be manually downloaded instead. After fixing that, it's still possible the webcam doesn't work due to a component removal, but we need to ensure at least a basic driver is installed before doing any other troubleshooting.
 
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Thanks for the reply, Hellbovine. For some reason, Windows shows driver updates even after disabling it from group policy. The driver in the pic was installed with Windows.
View attachment 12125
 
There's a lot going on in this preset, so you could be picking random things to test for a while. Do you have an older edition of the XML you can upload that was working, which can be used to compare against the broken one? If not, try to explain as much information as possible to help, because guess and check line elimination on a huge preset isn't efficient. I.E. What list of things changed from when it was working until now?

If you want to continue trying to reverse components though, I'd expand the search into related items that may be sharing some files, such as Windows Media Player. I noticed you uninstall that, but it's known to cause substantial problems in a lot of user software. Another one to reverse is <c>microsoft.ecapp 'Eye Control'</c> and anything else related to eye/iris/face and infrared/usb to see if those help.
 
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Hellbovine sorry for the delay, I'm absent when shifting priorities away from troubleshooting. This preset is a mix of "GamerOS 10 Final" and 5.24.23 presets. Update: Pixel as webcam works even without Windows Camera App component. Therefore, the problem may be related to some intentionally missing HP oem laptop or less likely pre-installed drivers, as you suggested.
 
garlin said:
This vaguely reminds me of a thread where HP doesn't provide drivers for the webcam that's inside many of its popular models. Nobody from HP support knows where to download it, but WU does appear to have a driver. /shrug

https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=HP Wide Vision HD Camera
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Yeah, I was wondering where it was on the official site. Got this error after opening the extracted cab in device manager:
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The driver magically fixed after uninstalling the device (even with WU driver update disabled).
 
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