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Skype does not allow other programmes to open
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Christel Zipfel
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Oct 8, 2020

Since quite some time I notice that when Skype is open, it does not allow any other programme to open (maximize). I have first to close (minimize) Skype.
Any ideas on how I can I get rid of this extremely irritating behaviour?
Many thanks in advance!
 
expressisverbis
expressisverbis
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Launch Skype in the background? Oct 8, 2020

It is a strange behaviour...
I don't know if this helps:
https://support.skype.com/en/faq/fa34869/how-can-i-customize-the-startup-and-close-options-in-skype-on-desktop
 
freezone (X)
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Weird Oct 12, 2020

That is a weird behavior, I havent experienced it, did you try tio reinstall it
 
Christel Zipfel
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Thank you both! Oct 22, 2020

I refrained from reinstalling the software which would have been the first idea, because I was worried for my chat history and contacts.
But in the meantime it updated itself and fortunately everything has turned back normal.
I am not happy, anyway, with Skype anymore since it has been taken over by MS. It used to be such a nice piece of software before! Setting possibilities are reduced near to nothing, and what I hate most is the forced update after which from time to time I am ask... See more
I refrained from reinstalling the software which would have been the first idea, because I was worried for my chat history and contacts.
But in the meantime it updated itself and fortunately everything has turned back normal.
I am not happy, anyway, with Skype anymore since it has been taken over by MS. It used to be such a nice piece of software before! Setting possibilities are reduced near to nothing, and what I hate most is the forced update after which from time to time I am asked to login with my password! I'm afraid also that the chat history has disappeared or at least seems to be very limited.
All in all it isn't anymore what it was before:-( ▲ Collapse
 
expressisverbis
expressisverbis
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Local time: 18:11
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Christel, Oct 22, 2020

Christel Zipfel wrote:

I refrained from reinstalling the software which would have been the first idea, because I was worried for my chat history and contacts.
But in the meantime it updated itself and fortunately everything has turned back normal.
I am not happy, anyway, with Skype anymore since it has been taken over by MS. It used to be such a nice piece of software before! Setting possibilities are reduced near to nothing, and what I hate most is the forced update after which from time to time I am asked to login with my password! I'm afraid also that the chat history has disappeared or at least seems to be very limited.
All in all it isn't anymore what it was before:-(


If you think you have lost your conversation history, please try this:
https://superuser.com/questions/977927/how-to-recover-3-year-chat-history-on-skype/977928
 


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