#Another app is controlling your camera how to

Now that you know how to open the Camera app, letвЂ™s see how you can test and use it for capturing photos and filming videos, as well as how to set it up just the way you like it: How to test your webcam in Windows 10 using the Camera app Click or tap the Start button, scroll through the apps list, and press on the Camera shortcut. Then, either click or tap on the Camera app, or select it from the results and press Open on the right side of the panel.ДЄnother way to open the Camera app in Windows 10 is from the Start Menu. Click or tap on the search box from the taskbar and type in the word camera. One of the fastest methods to start the Camera app is to use Search. The Camera app from Windows 10 can be launched in multiple ways. First: How to start the Camera app in Windows 10 If you donвЂ™t know which version of Windows 10 you have, read: How to check the Windows 10 version, OS build, edition, or type.

To create this guide, we used Windows 10 November 2019 Update.

#Another app is controlling your camera driver

IMPORTANT: If this is the first time youвЂ™re using the Camera app on your Windows 10 device, please make sure that you have a driver installed for your webcam.

If you can see an image of whatвЂ™s in front of the webcam, your camera works.

Allow the Camera app to use your webcam, your microphone, and location.

Click Start to open the Start Menu, and start the Camer app with a click or tap on its shortcut.

If youвЂ™ve turned off camera or microphone access, you can turn on your microphone or camera permissions by accessing the deviceвЂ™s Settings > Privacy menu. Using Your iOS deviceвЂ™s settings menu to change camera and microphone permissions From there you can enable the camera and microphone permissions from the Permissions submenu for the Firefox app. If youвЂ™ve turned off camera or microphone access, you can turn on those permissions by accessing your device Settings > Apps menu.

#Another app is controlling your camera android

Using Your Android deviceвЂ™s settings menu to change camera and microphone permissions If a page does not prompt you for permission, you can use the Permissions panel in Firefox's Page Info window to set a custom permission for the site. Using Firefox's Page Info dialog to change camera and microphone permissions

Click the X next to Allowed, Allowed Temporarily, Blocked or Blocked Temporarily to clear the status so that Firefox will ask again for permission when you next visit the site.

Any relevant permission statuses for the current site are displayed in the Permissions section of the Site Information Permissions panel.

Click the padlock permissions icon that displays in the address bar on the left.

Using FirefoxвЂ™s address bar to clear camera or microphone permissions for a site

Select the Block new requests asking to access your microphone checkbox if you do not want to give any other sites access to your microphone.

Click the SettingsвЂ¦ button for the Microphone option.

Select the Block new requests asking to access your camera checkbox if you do not want to give any other sites access to your camera.

You can remove the site by selecting it from the list and clicking the Remove Website.

Use the Allow/Block selector to change permission for the website.

Click the SettingsвЂ¦ button for the Camera option.ДЇirefox displays the websites with saved Allow or Block permission.

Scroll down to the Permissions section.

Click Privacy & Security from the left menu.

Click the menu button and select Settings.

Click the menu button and select Options Preferences. In the Menu bar at the top of the screen, click Firefox and select Preferences. Menu to change camera and microphone permissions Changing camera permissions Using the Firefox Options Preferences Settings Please note that you may not be able to use certain features or the site altogether if you block camera and microphone access.