Hi, I have recently discovered that the "Amilocam" webcam on my laptop is unavailable to applications - e.g. YouCam or Skype. The webcam appears in Device Manager as working correctly & can be turned on or off via Fn-F7. Youcam says "cannot connect to camera" "try closing applications that may be using it etc". I'm not aware of any other applications that could be using the webcam.
This may have happened as a result of plugging in another external webcam. However, that might be a red herring as it's some time since I checked the "Amilocam" was working. Just in case, I tried installing the drivers for the external webcam, then removing it & de-installing the driver. Also tried removing the "Amilocam" in device manager (Listed as USB Camera - can't see any further info on device type/model), rebooting & allowing it to re-install. When I open Skype & look at the webcam config, this causes Skype to crash.
Any ideas on what to try next?