Clicking "webcam settings" causes skype to crash

Running windows 8 desktop skype, i'm not using that metro "app" nonsense.
It's fully updated, logitech camera drivers fully updated. Every time I click "Webcam Settings" in Skype > Options > Video Settings, the program immediately stops responding and closes.
I NEED to go into webcam settings, for one it's way, way too dark everytime I restart my computer because the settings reset and I'm back to looking like i'm sitting in the dark. This has been happening for a very long time, my solution was to sign into Windows Live Messenger and using the settings window there (It does NOT crash WLM.... I'm extremely disatisfied with the news that WLM is shutting down in favour of this..) and then calling my coworker on skype.
I've tried re-installing skype, I even got a new hard drive and fresh installed Windows + all my video games to an SSD, I put skype on there as well thinking maybe it would fix my issue but it did not. Same problem.

Hi,
I'm having the exact same issue -- Skype crashes whenever I click on webcam settings. The video is very red-shifted, so I want to be able to adjust it. I wonder if you have any suggestions, but I have different hardware.
I recently bought a Lenovo Y580 laptop, running Windows 8, but I'm using Skype Desktop, *not* Metro. The laptop comes with a built-in camera. Device Manager show it as:
Lenovo Easy Camera
Manufacturer: Dmax
The driver is, which I updated, is:
Driver Provider: Realtek
Driver Date: 9/28/2012
Driver Version: 6.2.8400.10189
Based on other comments in the forum I went to the Windows Event Viewer after the crashes. Here's what it says. RtCamX.dll is part of the driver files:
Faulting application name: Skype.exe, version: 6.1.0.129, time stamp: 0x50ec1757
Faulting module name: RtCamX.dll, version: 1.0.1.118, time stamp: 0x50654128
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x0000c970
Faulting process id: 0x116c
Faulting application start time: 0x01cdfd0c6838c372
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Phone\Skype.exe
Faulting module path: C:\windows\SYSTEM32\RtCamX.dll
Report Id: aeab946c-68ff-11e2-be7c-20689d7ab340
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:
Any suggestions on getting this to work would be greatly appreciated. By the way, I have a Logitech C510 webcam from my desktop that works just fine with Skype on the laptop, but it would be nice to be able to use the built-in camera and adjust it.
Thanks.

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