Windows 10: Latest Skype for Windows

Update your Skype!

 

29th July 2016
Latest Version of Skype Available
Version 7.26.0.101

 

9th September 2016
New Version of Skype Available
Version 7.27,0.101
Downloaded and installed ok

 

My Skype is on version 7.27.64.101 since a few days ago. I found a way to run Skype and use a lot less memory. If you have Skype installed go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Phone and copy Skype.exe, SkypeResources.dll and SkypeSkylib.dll to a folder called SkypeLight or whatever somewhere safe then uninstall Skype and clean it out of your system as much as you can from your user profile and other locations. Move the folder to your Program Files (X86 if you use a 64 bit Windows) or anywhere you like and create a shortcut to your desktop. Now when you start Skype it will use half the memory it otherwise does. To update it just download the latest from Portable Apps (Skype Portable | PortableApps.com - Portable software for USB, portable and cloud drives) and once extracted simply copy the same 3 files from the extracted folder and replace the ones in your SkypeLight folder. You can delete the rest of the files from the downloaded portable. If you have another computer as in my case, just have it installed there and updated with no need for another account and copy the 3 files to the other computer. I've been using it that way for ages and it works great with no issues with video/audio/files transfer/emoticons etc. There's also a way to remove the advertising if you need to but running it this way seems to cut the ads out anyway. Also make sure you know your user name and password before uninstalling