Accessing IR emitter on workstation with InfraredTorchControl under Windows.Media.Devices

[adrielkuek]

Hi, we are building a custom app that requires access to the IR camera and emitter on board the workstation. We've confirmed that the drivers for both the RGB and IR cameras are working properly, and Windows Hello authentication works just fine. We've tried toggling the IR Emitter through the Win RT API under Windows.Media.Devices by setting the InfraredTorchControl. However, we are facing issues in trying to activate the emitter. the IsSupported flag turns up FALSE, and force setting InfraredTorchMode to AlternatingFrameIllumination throws up a runtime error.

We also attempted to elevate our privileges by running as SYSTEM via PsExec, but the command does not seem to be able to execute the file, stating that the .exe file is unspecified.

Suspecting that certain GPOs are restricting the access to the feature, and we would like to check if there are any possibilities of bypassing the policies to gain access.