SOLVED: Camera App missing after Windows 10 update

How to reinstall the Windows 10 Camera App using a PowerShell script deployed with Microsoft 365 Endpoint Manager. 

Problem: Windows 10 Camera App missing

Windows 10 Camera App has disappeared from the start menu after a recent Windows update

Solution: Reinstall the Camera App using PowerShell

In the following steps, we will reinstall the Camera App using a PowerShell script deployed with Microsoft 365 Endpoint Manager

Get list of Windows apps using PowerShell Get-AppxPackage

To reinstall the Camera app, we need to find the full app package name.

# List all Windows Apps and export to a file
Get-AppxPackage -allusers | Select Name, PackageFullName > C:\temp\applist.txt 

Copy the PackageFullName for the Microsoft Windows Camera app

Microsoft.WindowsCamera
Microsoft.WindowsCamera_2021.105.10.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe

Reinstall Windows Camera App using PowerShell Add-AppxPackage

Replace PackageFullName you copied in the previous step

Add-AppxPackage -register "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PackageFullName\appxmanifest.xml" -DisableDevelopmentMode

# Reinstall Windows Camera App
Add-AppxPackage -register "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsCamera_2021.105.10.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\appxmanifest.xml" -DisableDevelopmentMode
 

Deploy the PowerShell script to reinstall Camera app using Endpoint Manager

Endpoint Manager
Devices - Windows - PowerShell Scripts - Add

Name: Add Windows Camera App
PowerShell script: add-windows-camera.ps1
Run this script using the logged on credentials: No
Enforce Script signature check: No
Run script in 64 bit PowerShell Host: Yes 

Assign to a device group for testing

Reference:

PowerShell Add-AppxPackage
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/appx/add-appxpackage?view=windowsserver2019-ps