Windows 10: i accidentally uninstalled both the driver and the device of my inbuilt camera

Hello!

I was trying to reinstall the drivers to my inbuilt camera due to issues with the camera app, but i accidentally uninstalled the camera device as well. Now im afraid i cant use the camera in any other app either! The camera is not in the device manager, and yes i have also checked the hidden devices, its not there. I have Windows 10 Home, and my laptop is a Lenovo IdeaPad. How can i reinstall the camera device with usable drivers again?

Please help, i am kind of a boomer.

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Accidentally uninstalled a camera. It was the only camera.

I accidentally uninstalled a camera. After that, the whole camera folder is gone. I cannot find it. I accidentally uninstalled a camera in device manager. I was trying to find the plug where the other camera was, but I couldn't. I tried disabling a camera, it was the only camera, I accidentally pressed "uninstall" instead of "disable." and I couldn't abort the uninstallation. *cry I couldn't find any videos on how to reinstall or get it back. They were videos like how to do the same thing but on other versions like XP, or other things like how to get back drivers, I tried to follow them, but there were things that I have to download, or even PURCHASE them, which is annoying. Can anybody help?

 

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Inbuilt camera not working after November update

Hello
GöranSS,

Given the information you've provided where you state that you got your camera working prior to the November update, it sounds to me like the November update reinstalled a driver that doesn't work with your camera. Most likely the camera driver got replaced
with the generic webcam driver. I'd suggest you rollback to your previous driver and see if that corrects the problem. To do this:

How to rollback to previous driver:

• Right click on start button>Device Manager
• Under Imaging devices locate your camera, you may need to click the ">" to expand the list to see your camera
• Right click on the device name>Properties
• Click on Driver Tab
• Click the Roll Back Driver button

If that doesn't work, you can manually choose another driver already installed on your system and see if that works. To do this:

How to manually choose a previously installed driver:

• Right click on start button>Device Manager
• Under Imaging devices locate your camera, you may need to click the ">" to expand the list to see your camera
• Right click on the device name>Properties
• Click "Update Driver" button
• Click "Browse my computer for driver software"
• Click "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer"
• Select an older driver

You may need try several drivers to find the right one. Let us know if you've resolved the issue after you try these steps.

Thanks,

Tom