Question posted by Anonymous-29284 on May 21st, 2011

Help! Skype Is Gone From My Programs And I Did Not Remove It.

I never removed or uninstalled Skype, but it disappeared. What remails in Programs is an empty folder. The  desktop shortcut and the taskbar shortcut are also gone. Has anyone had the same problem?

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Answer #1: Posted by junebaby85 on May 23rd, 2011 3:30 PM
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Somehow the shortcut may have gotten deleted.. Go to start buton-control panel- Remove or unistall programs-find Skype- Uninstall skype program... Then go to skype.com and reinstall it. you should also do a thourough scan on your computer for any viruses. Good luck!

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