# Anyone know what's going on with Skype?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-whats-going-on-with-skype/553604>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 13, 2010, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-whats-going-on-with-skype/553604 "2010-09-13T13:51:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-whats-going-on-with-skype/553604/1 "2010-09-13T13:51:29Z")

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Skype just shut down with the message: Skype is no longer supported on your operating system.

I am running Windows 7 64 bit.

I had heard that they were dropping support for Windows Mobile, but this blindsided me. Nothing yet on Google, other than a few hits reporting the same problem.

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**Author:** ![shamblesmaybe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@shamblesmaybe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shamblesmaybe)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-whats-going-on-with-skype/553604/2 "2010-09-13T13:55:32Z")

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I have same OS and Skype seems to be fine… try a reinstall?

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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-whats-going-on-with-skype/553604/3 "2010-09-13T14:12:59Z")

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Might be worth a shot. Maybe their latest version is wonky - I’ll have to see if an older version is available.

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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-whats-going-on-with-skype/553604/4 "2010-09-13T14:33:40Z")

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> [@shamblesmaybe](#):
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> I have same OS and Skype seems to be fine… try a reinstall?

Yeah, good call - must be the newest version is wonky. An older version ran up fine.