Windows 10: OxA00F4288 camera is saying another app is using it which should not be the case

trying to access my camera and I keep getting error message saying that other apps are currently using the camera right now and gave this OxA00F4288 for the error code.

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Missing apps: Store, People, Photos, Games & Camera on upgrading to 10

Thanks for replying spunk. That's the 'alphabetical' list I was referring to, none of these apps are in that 'All apps' list. Any more suggestions?

 

download Windows camera app

Success in resetting Store; that produced a download of the Windows camera, despite seeing error message again, download proceeded. Screen shows MS app for Windows camera and indicates downloaded. (Camera now listed in app list.) But when Launch was selected,
no action after screen with camera icon. Eventually message appeared " something went wrong: here is message code if needed: 0x400F4271>MediaCaptureFailedEvent>0xC00D3704. We seem to be moving ahead a step at a time. Next suggestion?

 

Camera App freezes after a few seconds

Thank you for providing the information. We've already tried multiple troubleshooting steps and the same issue still persists. In this case, let's try to uninstall and re-install the Camera app.

To uninstall Camera app follow the below steps:

• Type Windows in the search box and right-click on
  Windows PowerShell.
• Select Run as administrator.
• Type get-appxpackage *Microsoft.WindowsCamera* | remove-appxpackage on the
  PowerShell and hit Enter.

You can re-install the Windows Camera app from Windows Store.

If the issue still persist, we suggest the following solutions:

• Contact the manufacturer of your Windows-based computer.
• Reset your PC.

We look forward to your response.