HP TrueVision HD webcam stopped working

I have a compaq with a built-in hp truevision hd webcam that suddenly just stopped working yesterday.
I first noticed when I was setting up my live stream. In order to active my cam I had to open the software (which is cyberlink youcam), but when I clicked to open it it just did nothing. The software refused to open, no matter what I did. So I updated the software and drivers, thinking that might be the issue. But it just went downhill from there.
When I open the software it now gives me a message that says
"YouCam cannot connect to your webcam ( HP TrueVision HD ). Try selecting another capture device within settings , or close any applications that may be using this webcam and then restart "YouCam".
I tried restarting my laptop several times, but this message pops up every time. I have carefully looked at the running processes and I have done an extra scan for viruses, only to find that there is no way anything else might be using my webcam.
Device manager shows that my webcam is connected and that my drivers should be working properly.
To make sure the problem wasn't YouCam I tried calling someone on skype and using different software. Both showed the exact same thing. I tried getting the front of my screen off and pushing the connector a bit. That didn't help either.
I have noticed lately that my cam would sometimes keep the little light on for a few more minutes after I shut down the software. My laptop can be a bit slow sometimes, so I don't know if that related to anything though.
My laptop is a little over 2 years old now. I don't know what model it is, but it came with windows 8. I currently have windows 7 installed on it.
It's an intel core i3 2.2GHZ, 4GB RAM.

Hi,
Please use this to fix:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c02452221&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en
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