Skype crashes when starting up after updating to 7...

Question

this is getting frustrating, i've uninstalled and reinstalled several times, cleared out all appdata and everything and ran dxdiag
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Answer 1

There is already a working solution that has been confirmed by some of our users to get both Skype and FaceRig working together again.   Seems to have to do with the default webcam settings from skype. The short version of the fix is:
1. Go to Steam Client and do a "remove local application data" on FaceRig
2. Go though the initial setup process on Skype or visit the webcam setting menu and make sure everything is working and everything is updated.
3. Re-install facerig (skip reinstalling the open codecs if you already have them installed) 
Now everything should be working. 
I reccomend reading the detailed step by step :
http://steamcommunity.com/app/274920/discussions/ ( look for the Skype 7.0.0.102 pinned thread)
PS: if you are the tinkering type, steps 1 and 3 can be simply substituted by un-registering and then re-registering the direct show filters ( all of them)  for the FaceRig Virtual Cam  ( .bat files are provided with facerig to do exactly just that) , but most folks do not want to mess with directly registering/unregistering DirectShow filters, so it is simpler to ask for an uninstall and a re-install. 
Note that this kind of fix might also work  for FFsplit.ax or other affected DirectShow filters too ( as this issue is not particular to FaceRig alone).