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I am writing a program that opens up a camera feed to display within an OpenGL window. Using DirectShow this works no problem.
However, I need to access the Built-In Front&Rear camera on a Microsoft Surface Tablet with this program. I can access these correctly IF the Windows Camera App is running else the feed doesn't connect (because i'm guessing the camera is off), but I
would like to be able to "Activate" the camera within my own code and simply pull the stream with DirectShow, skipping having to run a separate windows app to simply turn the camera on!
Is there a Win API call etc that simply turns the Camera On/Off?
I have looked EVERYWHERE! But cannot seem to find anything, just falling down an infinite rabbit hole of Windows App SDK and I don't feel this is necessary to achieve a simple on/off switch....
Thanks!

Hello.
There are some webcam enhancements and updates through the Lenovo Settings Dependency package that is required for the ModernUI Lenovo Settings app, which provides additional controls for the webcam, do you have that installed?
Lenovo Settings @ Windows Store
Lenovo Settings Dependency Package
If that doesn't work, you can try opening up Control Panel -> Device Manager -> Right click your Integrated Camera in the Imaging Devices category, select uninstall and check delete drivers in the next dialog window. Then reboot the machine, allowing Windows to install the default Windows drivers for the camera, but this method has worked for many different machines.
Hope this helps.
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