Satellite A300-276 - webcam does not - locked by another application

Hi guys,.

My name is Mirella and I want to know one thing.
My webcam works well, but my computer was not.
Then my mother sent him to her friend (he is a computer technology).

I don't know what he was doing, but my computer came back with the same things :/ And now my webcam kept good job. But after a few weeks my webcam stopped work :(
I don't know what happened.

I uninstalled a few programs because maybe he can return to work, but does not work it. If I open the camera software that say "Locked by another application" but I don't have any strange program on my computer.

Please help me!
Thank you<>

> I uninstalled a few programs because maybe he can return to work, but does not work it

Do you too uninstall webcam software?
Generally, this error appears if another software like Skype for example uses the webcam at the moment at the start of the webcam software.

You must uninstall the webcam software in Control Panel-> software
Then you must also uninstall the driver for the webcam in Device Manager. The webcam should be listed under imaging devices.

Reboot the laptop. Download the CCleaner and clean the registry and operating system using this tool. Reboot once more and install the webcam software once more.

Also make sure that other software like Skype does not work at the same time.

From my experience, this should help.

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