When is Microsoft going to fix Anniversary update killing webcams?

[murphcid]

When will Microsoft fix the issue of the Windows 10 Anniversary update killing webcams? I got my wife a new computer for Christmas, and the webcam worked fine. Updated to Winders 10 Anniversary edition, and *poof* no webcam. My Google-fu tells me that this is a very prevalent issue, so when will Microsoft finally fix the issue? I patched it with a registry hack, but for how long? Will the next update unfix my fix? This is unacceptable, and needs to be corrected.

 

[holdum333]

Hi! Welcome to Windows Central! You say you fixed your issue with a registry hack?? Why not share it with other members who might be having a similar problem!
There have been several up dates sense the Anniversary update. I'm on build 14393.576. What build are you on? My searching tells me that MS has already made a patch for that problem.

 

[orlbuckeye]

I didn't have an issue with camera of both of my machines that have Windows 10.

 

[murphcid]

Here are some links. I updated to the 1607 update and it killed the webcam on the HP laptop (M6-AR004dx) that I had gotten for my wife: The Lifehacker fix is what seems to have corrected the issue. I am posting this on my linux laptop, so I don't have the exact build available because I wrapped the laptop up and it is under the tree.

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