FREE program for laptop camera / live capture?

I reformatted my laptop and the software for running livecam capture was gone. This program came with the laptop, so none to be found online. Now I can’t take pictures with my laptop camera.

I looked up download.com, and what they have are either monitor capture (screen activity/movement) or video chat (e.g. camfrog). Those, or paid programs with free trail and complicated buttons..

Is there a BASIC program to capture video/picture, and it’s FREE? Thanks all very much for any help..