ICHAT: It says my Built-in iSight is in use my another program (help)

Alright.
So at first my iSight worked in nothing.
so i reinstalled quicktime.
Now it works in photobooth and iMovie
But it still says its in use by another program in ichat
This is my first mac, its very upsetting
I looked in the system profiler and it shows up under usb,
but the usb option doesnt show up in stickam nor does my ichat work
HELP
the Apple store is an hour away and i dont want to drive, i want to fix this myself

Are you opening all the programs at the same time. The camera will fight between applications for its use and may get stuck. It's better to open and then close each. When all else fails trash the preference file for the application or applications. There are specific directions for this on the apple site.(or someone may likely follow my post on an easy how to) I can't go through at the moment but keep in mind preference file or .plist as they are shown are all located in one specific area of your mac. By trashing them is like resetting the program to it default setting without your changes to color background, font choice etc. Minor stuff really. The plist file is rebuilt automatically on relaunch of that application. Trashing a plist is a common fix recommendation and about the extent of ever having to go near the system area.

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