Astir

Legendary Skial King
Since I opened Skype on my android phone once, I can't get to log in on my computer anymore.

I uninstalled Skype on my phone and reinstalled it on my computer, but when I run Skype this is the screen I get:

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And it stays like this for... yeah like forever. Also when I hit the Skype icon in the task bar and choose close Skype, it doesn't do anything. I have to stop the skype.exe process in order for it to go away.

I run windows 7. I will add a screenshot of the Skype appdata folder.
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PsychoRealm

Australian Skial God
Contributor
Found HERE:

- Exit Skype: From the system tray >> right click on the Skype icon and click "Quit Skype":

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- Delete Skype desktop shortcut.
- Press WinKey + R to open the Run window.
- Type: %programdata%\Skype\Apps and press Enter.

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- Rename the folder login to login1.
- Then go to Skype folder inside Program Files (x86) and go to phone folder and then right click on Skype application and select send to Desktop (Create shortcut)
- Re-run skype using this new shortcut.
 

PsychoRealm

Australian Skial God
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Also, you may try the following steps:
  • Click Start.
  • In the search box type cmd
  • Right click on cmd and select Run as administrator.
  • Type the following commands and press ENTER:
Windows 64-Bit
Code:
cd\
cd windows\SysWOW64
regsvr32 vbscript.dll
regsvr32 jscript.dll
regsvr32 jscript9.dll

Windows 32-Bit
Code:
cd\
cd windows\System32
regsvr32 vbscript.dll
regsvr32 jscript.dll
regsvr32 jscript9.dll
 

PsychoRealm

Australian Skial God
Contributor
After these steps I get this:
(after your 2nd post as well)
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However, if I ask to quit Skype it says .
Have you tried disabling any AV/Firewalls you have running? Have you made any changes to your AV/Firewall recently?
Also, do the following...

  • Open Task Manager and then go View -> Select Columns:
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  • Put a check mark in "PID" and click OK:
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  • Find "skype.exe" in the list and make note of its PID:
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  • Open command prompt and type netstat -ano | find "3896" (replace 3896 in my example with PID you have just taken note of). The output should be familiar to the one below:
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  • Take a screenshot of the output and post it here.
Finally, open the command prompt and execute the following commands one by one:
Code:
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /renew
Keep in mind that execution of these commands above will disconnect you from the Internet.
 

Astir

Legendary Skial King
Finally, open the command prompt and execute the following commands one by one:
Code:
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /renew
Keep in mind that execution of these commands above will disconnect you from the Internet.
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Astir

Legendary Skial King
Update: I deleted my account folder in %appdata%\Skype as well as any other file in that folder, and I was able to log in and connect. However, after calling someone, I could not hang up whilst for the correspondent the call was already ended. Had to end skype.exe process in order for it to shut down. Aaaaand now I am back at the problem I was. Perhaps this is also relevant/useful.
 

PsychoRealm

Australian Skial God
Contributor
Now that I can see your notification area...
Disable Norton Smart Firewall and Antivirus Auto-Protect for 15 minutes and see if it resolves the issue:

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Once I upgraded to NIS 2014 my Windows sharing stopped working and I wasn't able to ping any PCs on my LAN - all because of new Firewall Norton implemented - had to tweak it manually.
 

Astir

Legendary Skial King
I will do tomorrow, Norton has bee scanning for almost 2 hours (doing an intense scan). I will post any results or the results after your next step tomorrow.
 

Astir

Legendary Skial King
Steam wants to log in, but Skype still is a no-go even with Norton fully disable. I checked the program rules and it says to always allow Skype-related programs.

Edit: forget about the Steam part
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PsychoRealm

Australian Skial God
Contributor
Reinstall Steam using "Repair" option in "Programs and Features". Also try exiting Steam, locating ClientRegistry.blob in Steam's folder, renaming it and starting Steam again.
Skype: you still haven't provided the output of netstat command.
 

PsychoRealm

Australian Skial God
Contributor
Screenshot clearly shows there is no communication established to Skype servers. What do you have in Skype > Tools > Options > Advanced> Connection?
(svchost is a generic process and it's fine to have multiple of them opened).
 

Astir

Legendary Skial King
Screenshot clearly shows there is no communication established to Skype servers. What do you have in Skype > Tools > Options > Advanced> Connection?
(svchost is a generic process and it's fine to have multiple of them opened).
I can't open Skype...
:p
 

PsychoRealm

Australian Skial God
Contributor
I can't open Skype...
:p
Shit.. true...
Do the properties of skype.exe; open Compatibility tab and select to run Skype in Windows Vista (Service Pack 2) compatibility mode. Then run Skype.
As to Steam, browse to your base steam folder (where steam.exe is located) and delete steamui.dll.
 

Astir

Legendary Skial King
Both things didn't resolve anything.

I am kinda getting desperate/frustrated I am such a non-knowing computer user and can't even get my stuff working.
Plus Steam and Skype are the programs I use the most...