Photo booth won't open

i dont know if im in the right place to be asking this question but it's related more to what i need to ask then the other choices.
whenever i try to open photo booth i get a message saying:
"Photo booth cannot open because no camera is attached or the camera is in use by another application.
Make sure your digital video camera is properly attached and turned on. If you are using the camera with another application, close that application before trying to open Photo Booth again."
my camera is built into the computer (i have an imac intel duo core) and there are no other applications open when i try to get into it. please can someone help me.

Hi beyond,
check out these threads
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2044016&#2044016
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=831550&#831550
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1467510&#1467510
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2160873&#2160873
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1021628&#1021628
There are tons of other threads to check out also. do a search for "Photo booth cannot open because no camera is attached or the camera is in use by another application" on this page in the search box on top of the right column
http://discussions.apple.com/index.jspa

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