Skype 7.4 keeps crashing on launch.

Question

Hi there. After i installed some software to run an IP camera as a webcam, skype always crashes about 5 seconds after it launches. I uninstalled the IP camera software and restarted and still have the same problem, also after reinstalling Skype. I assume it is detecting a webcam device that does not exist perhaps and is crashing.
The relevant error report is:
Log Name: Application
Source: Application Error
Date: 29/04/2015 9:31:40 PM
Event ID: 1000
Task Category: (100)
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: Uberon
Description:
Faulting application name: Skype.exe, version: 7.3.60.101, time stamp: 0x5512d489
Faulting module name: KERNELBASE.dll, version: 6.1.7600.17206, time stamp: 0x50e6605e
Exception code: 0x0eedfade
Fault offset: 0x0000c41f
Faulting process id: 0xe00
Faulting application start time: 0x01d0827007bbf924
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Phone\Skype.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\syswow64\KERNELBASE.dll
Report Id: 4d7a8b6b-ee63-11e4-9470-e0cb4e39b6af
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Application Error" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>100</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2015-04-29T11:31:40.000000000Z" />
<EventRecordID>133224</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>Uberon</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>Skype.exe</Data>
<Data>7.3.60.101</Data>
<Data>5512d489</Data>
<Data>KERNELBASE.dll</Data>
<Data>6.1.7600.17206</Data>
<Data>50e6605e</Data>
<Data>0eedfade</Data>
<Data>0000c41f</Data>
<Data>e00</Data>
<Data>01d0827007bbf924</Data>
<Data>C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Phone\Skype.exe</Data>
<Data>C:\Windows\syswow64\KERNELBASE.dll</Data>
<Data>4d7a8b6b-ee63-11e4-9470-e0cb4e39b6af</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
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Answer 1

Please,  run the DirectX diagnostics tool (32-bit mode. Just don't press the "Run 64-bit DxDiag" button).
Go to Windows Start and in the Run box type dxdiag.exe and press the OK button. This will start the DirectX diagnostics program. Run this diagnostics and save the results to a file. Please, attach this file to your post.
Be aware that you will have to zip this file before attaching it here.