Why does not Skype work?

…Why? Why does not Skype work? Familiar? Do you often ask yourself this question? And I, as a rule, get such a question when a special, extraordinary situation arises, in which the advice of a loved one is simply necessary. And at such moments, neither recommendations as a boring chat in any social network, nor e-mail does not suit me. We need Skype! For what? To see the native face, hearing painfully familiar intonations and notes in the voice, calm down, gather your thoughts and find the right way out of a difficult situation or a pile of problems.

And that's it, according to the undeveloped but clearly existing and confirmed experience of many "meanness laws", something happens, and my application stops working ... Why does not Skype start and why right now?

Let's try to figure it out together. First of all, I would like to reassure novice users, and after all, they, I believe, will become the main readers of this article in the future. This problem is far from new, with it, sooner or later many people collide, and it is completely solvable.

Let's highlight several reasons that can answer the question why does not Skype work.

Option 1.

Check if your computer is connected to the Internet. To do this, it will be enough to try to go to any other sites or try to launch, for example, icq, Mail.ru Agent or Messenger. If there is no connection, contact your service provider. The case is most likely not in Skype, but in a slow connection speed or in its complete absence.

Option 2.

Try to restart the computer and try to connect to skype again. Did not work out? Why does not Skype even turn on after these procedures? Now we'll figure it out. Proceed to the next item.

Option 3.

The application developers themselves offer such a solution to the problem called "Why does not Skype work?":

• Completely close the program;
• Go to the "Start" menu;
• Click "Run" - "% appdata% \ skype";
• The "Enter" key.

Option 4.

Sometimes the application also does not load after removing and reinstalling. Even if you perform a system restore on a previous date (the day when, as you remember, Skype worked), this is unlikely to help. According to experts, the computer virus that is occurring in the device is guilty of what is happening. It is recommended that you thoroughly check your device for a licensed (ideally) antivirus program. Very often, malicious software uses skype as a donor to attack other users from your contact list. Once you destroy the viruses, Skype will boot.

Option 5.

Reinstall the program with cleaning of all profile data and the system itself using the special program Ccleaner. I'll explain how to do it correctly:

• Uninstall Skype. For this we press one by one:
  1. "Start"; 4
  2. "Control Panel";
  3. "Programs and components";
  4. "Skype";
  5. And finally, "Delete."
• Now you will need to delete the user profile itself. If your computer is running Windows 7, your profile is located in the "User Name" folder, if Windows XP is in "Documents and Settings"
• Install Ccleaner. We clear the registry and the system.
• Reboot the device.
• Install the Skype application again.

Option 6.

If you need Skype immediately, you can use a special portable program, launched from a flash drive or disk.

Well, that's probably all. We figured out why Skype does not work, and picked up the methods most often used in practice in order to remedy the situation. If you follow my instructions, I'm sure you will succeed. In just a few minutes you will eliminate the breakdown, and you will be able to contact the necessary people and discuss all the issues.