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evanbg
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Camera not functioning in Windows environment

I am running VMWare Fusion 11.5.3 with Windows 10 on a 2018 MacBook Air. I am looking to join a Polycomm video conference from the VMWare environment and I cannot get the camera to work. If I go Start>Camera I get the error message <camerabeingusedbyanotherapp> error message, which is not true. The camera works fine in the Mac Environment. How do I enable the

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RickShu
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Hi ,

Have you added the camera to your VM? (Virtual Machine==>Settings==>Add Device==>Camera)

Also, make sure VMware Fusion has been added into the list in System Preferences==>Security&Privacy==>Privacy==>Camera

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-Rick

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RickShu
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Hi ,

Have you added the camera to your VM? (Virtual Machine==>Settings==>Add Device==>Camera)

Also, make sure VMware Fusion has been added into the list in System Preferences==>Security&Privacy==>Privacy==>Camera

Regards,

-Rick

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evanbg
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Dear RickShu

Thank you - it was the Security and Privacy settings on the Mac that needed to be amended.

All working now.

Thank you for your assistance

Evan

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