Workable Solutions | Step-by-step Troubleshooting |
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Fix 1. Allow Camera Permission | Go to Windows Settings and allow camera permission. Click Windows Start > Settings. Type webcam...Full steps |
Fix 2. Update Driver of Laptop Camera | Press Windows + X and click Device Manager. Move to Imaging Devices and click it. Right-click driver...Full steps |
Fix 3. Apply Troubleshooting | Type Control Panel in the search box and click to start. Scroll down the page and select Troubleshooting...Full steps |
Fix 4. Rollback Camera Driver | Type Device Manager in the search box, and click to open it. Click the Imaging device. Your webcam will show...Full steps |
More Useful Solutions | Uninstall and reinstall the camera driver in Device Manager; turn Off camera protection...Full steps |
"My camera has stopped working, I cannot uninstall it and reinstall it......I cannot find it listed anywhere in my device manager settings. I would appreciate it if somebody could solve this problem for me without me having to buy a new laptop......please help."
Due to some reasons, your camera is not working when you need it to do tasks. Terrible! It is time to troubleshoot your computer. Join us to learn how to fix the camera not working/detected on a laptop.
One of the common reasons in "Why is my camera not working on my laptop" is your camera permission is limited by yourself. Go to Windows Settings and allow camera permission.
Step 1. Click Windows Start > Settings.
Step 2. Type webcam in the search box.
Step 3. Choose Camera privacy settings.
Step 4. Make sure "Allow apps to access your camera" is on or choose apps to access your camera.
Step 1. Press Windows + X and click Device Manager.
Step 2. Move to Imaging Devices and click it.
Step 3. Right-click the laptop camera driver.
Step 4. Choose Update Driver.
Step 5. Choose Search automatically for updated driver software > Select "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer".
Step 6. Choose USB Video Device.
Step 7. Restart your PC.
Step 1. Type Control Panel in the search box and click to start.
Step 2. Scroll down the page and select Troubleshooting.
Step 3. Click View all on the left pane.
Step 4. Select Hardware and Devices.
Step 5. Click Next.
The troubleshooting will detect any common or serious problem with the hardware.
Step 1. Type Device Manager in the search box, and click to open it.
Step 2. Click the Imaging device. Your webcam will show up under the Imaging device.
Step 3. Right-click it and choose Properties.
Step 4. Go to the Driver tab, click Roll Back Driver, and click OK. ( If Roll Back Driver does not work, you can try another way in the next part. If it is available, go on.)
Step 5. Then the Driver Package rollback pops up, it will list some reasons about "why are you rolling back". Choose the answer that matches your situation.
Step 6. Click Yes and restart your computer.
Step 1. Press Windows + X, select Device Manager.
Step 2. Scroll down to expand Imaging devices, right-click the webcam driver and choose Uninstall device.
Step 3. Then you can see the "Uninstall Device" window, check to Delete the driver software for this device. Click Uninstall button.
Step 4. Click the Action tab and choose Scan for hardware changes.
Step 5. The computer will reinstall your camera driver. You can check whether the camera is working properly.
Generally, most antivirus software has privacy settings to limit some application access to the camera. You can change the camera protection setting to troubleshoot the Camera not working.
Step 1. Open your antivirus software.
Step 2. Find your "Privacy Protection".
Step 3. Turn off the camera protection. As pictures shows:
Your camera is not working may be caused by the webcam is being used by another program.
Step 1. Type Task Manager in the search box, and click to open.
Step 2. Choose the Start-up tab, and select the process that is using the webcam.
Step 3. Right-click process and choose disable.
If the above seven methods can not fix the "Camera not working" problem, you can reset the camera app. Your computer will reinstall it and revert to the default settings.
Step 1. Click Settings > Apps > Apps & Features > Camera
Step 2. Scroll down to find the Camera app or search Camera in the search box.
Step 3. Click Camera and select Advanced options.
Step 4. Choose Reset.
No matter what laptop you are using now, such as Lenovo, HP, ASUS, Dell, you can use the eight ways we mentioned in the body to solve Camera not working problem.
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