The Zoom client has been working perfectly on my desktop for months, including and up to yesterday.  Today when I try to start or join a meeting, it crashes.  The meeting window pops up briefly and then closes.  It seems like Zoom tries again 2-3 times and then gives up. 

• Have tried with camera on and off (same result)
• Have tried with multiple Zoom accounts
• Have tried uninstalling, restarting, reinstalling, restarting—all to no avail
• Other video apps on my computer work: OBS, MS Teams meetings, etc.
• The client on my work laptop works with the same account (no crashes)
• Have cleared Windows temp files
• Have cleared Chrome cache

No idea what else to try!  It seems that Zoom is interacting with something else on my desktop but I can't figure out what it might be.  Nothing has changed since yesterday.

Here is the question I sent to Zoom Support:

I have Zoom sessions, and am planning a one-session event for the end of February. I have the monthly-payment plan (100 attendees max), because my next event won't happen until next November, and I will cancel my Zoom Sessions in March, and reinstate it in October. My February meeting is expected to have about 200 attendees - is it possible to add the "Large Meeting" add-on to "Zoom Sessions" specifically for my Feb event?

Their response did not actually offer a reasonable solution:

"I understand your concerns regarding the upgrade of your Zoom Sessions participants by purchasing the Large Meeting add-on. I'll be glad to assist you with this.

Please be informed the Zoom Events and the Large Meeting add-on are different plans. In order for you to increase your Zoom Sessions' participant capacity, you need to upgrade from Zoom Sessions 100 to Zoom Sessions 500."

I replied with the following:

I do not want to pay $4500 to have 250 people in one session.  This is a one-off session that likely will never happen again.  Typically any of our sessions are for less than 100 people. I do not need an annual subscription.

Is Zoom sessions 500 available on a monthly plan?  Does not seem to be... but can it be for me given my situation? What is the cost to stay on a monthly 100 sessions plan if there are additional people above 100 that join?

I am hoping that a literate human with actual hands-on experience would have a solution for me. I am willing to pay per person for attendees over 100, but no one will tell me how much that costs. I have unsuccessfully attempted to get answers through their chatbot, and then I believe the customer support module was also AI. No one seems to understand my request.  I don't want to switch to "Events" or "Webinars" but maybe I have to?  I like the production value features of sessions... 

Thank you for your advice!

My camera app is working fine, picture is sharp as always. But when I go from the camera to zoom, the picture quality is poor.  I've read online that many seem to have this problem but none of the proposed solutions (more light, clean camera lens, etc.) does anything.

Does anyone have a solution for this or is this is good as zoom gets?