host process for Microsoft is using my camera!

Question

this issue had happened with me now twice were the app uses my camera!

so can i delete it? and why would it use my camera ? should I be afraid ?

Answer 1

Good Day Flokihh,

My name is Carlo, I'm an Independent Advisor and community member like you.

I am also using Windows 10 pc. Let us work together to sort this out.

This means that a certain app is using the camera.

Here's the steps you can try.

-Press Windows key + X

-Go to Settings

-Click on Privacy

-Look for Camera

-Turn off " Allow Apps to access the camera"

Turning those off prevents an app from directly accessing camera, but it doesn't prevent it from requesting to open the Windows Camera app.

Restart your computer using cleanboot.

1. Open the run box by pressing the Windows Key + R and type msconfig
2. System Configuration Utility box will open and by default you are on general tab.
3. On the General tab, click the selective startup and make sure that load system service and load startup items both have checked mark.
4. Click on services tab
5. Put a check mark on Hide All Microsoft Services
6. Once Hide all Microsoft Services have checked mark on it, click on Disable All
7. Click on the Startup Tab and click open task manager. This will open another window which contains all your startup applications on the administrator account.
8. Disable all application that you're not using. You can simply just click on them and select disable.
9. Click OK, Apply and close the configuration utility
10. Restart your pc and check.

I hope the information above helps. Please let me know how it goes.

Have a wonderful day ahead and stay safe.

Sincerely,

Carlo T.