Once you are here, move the slider to the “On” position for Skype to enable the application to access your webcam. So just close the Skype app and go to the following path: Workaround for Windows 10 build 9860Īs Gabriel Aul posted today, if you’re looking for a way to address Skype issues on Windows 10 Technical Preview build 9860, which is actually the latest version of the new OS, all you need to do is give Skype permissions to access the webcam from the PC settings menu. In Windows 10, Metro apps are launched directly on the desktop and give users the possibility to run them without the need to access the Start screen, so the Metro version of Skype could be even more appealing for many adopters.Īnd still, the recently-released builds of Skype for Windows 10 do not work as expected and crash all of a sudden due to what seems to be a compatibility issue with the new operating system.
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The same happened this morning when Gabriel Aul, the man in charge of sharing Windows 10 news with the world, posted a small workaround on how to fix some very annoying Skype bugs which didn’t allow some users to load the application in the Modern UI.
Windows 10 is still a work in progress and Microsoft is working to address all the bugs that users find in the operating system, so it’s no surprise that company employees come up with workarounds for the new OS every once in a while.