Skype down.. for some

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Seems only a small number of users affected this time around, including myself and a few others I know.

http://www.ubergizmo.com/2011/05/skype-down/

If you are affected there is a work around that got me up and running again:

Windows

1. Click Start, type run and press Enter. (On Windows XP: Click Start and then Run.)

2. Type the following and click OK.

%appdata%\skype

3. Locate and delete the file shared.xml.

4. If you cannot find this file:

4a. Click Start, type run and press Enter. (On Windows XP: Click Start and then Run.)

4b. Type the following and click OK.

control folders

4c. In the View tab, ensure that Show hidden files and folders is enabled.

4d. Repeat steps 1-3.

5. Restart Skype.

Mac

1. Open Finder and locate the following folder:

~/Library/Application Support/Skype

2. Delete the file shared.xml.

3. Restart Skype.

 

[Data Glasses]

maybe the cheque from micosoft bounced ?

 

[payattention]

This hit me last night.. annoyed the shit out of me! I had to go one step further and delete all of the temp files found in the Skype directory in addition to shared.xml. This fixed it for me on Windows 7 (64bit).

 

[zhenjie]

Thanks! was wondering why it was not loading up for me