

While deleting the directory if you receive an error as “Access Denied”, that means, Skype is still running in the background and you must have to kill the process. Find the directory with the same name and delete it or just rename it to something else. In our scenario, it was “demouser” account which was unable to login. There you will find a directory named as your sign-in account name. This will open the Skype directory present in the AppData folder (which is hidden by default). In the input box, enter “ %appdata%\skype” without quote and press enter or OK button as shown below: Now open the “ Run Dialog” from the start menu or by pressing “ Win + R” key combination. You may have to change the start-up settings in order to get rid out of Skype’s auto start with Windows.

If you are unable to terminate the process of the Skype, restart your system and then verify that the same is not running at that moment. Make sure that no process of Skype is currently running in the system. To resolve this issue, first quit from Skype by right clicking the small Skype icon present in the Taskbar near to the System Clock and click “Quit” button in the next screen when it confirms exit. In case you are facing the same problem, this will help you to resolve the issue quickly and connect with your loved one until Microsoft comes with a fix for it. lck (Lock File).Īfter facing the same issue multiple times I thought to bookmark the solution for my friends and blog readers. This issue arises when the application crashes and the application fails to reload the. After trying a lot of things, finally I was able to fix this issue with the help of Skype community support. These days I am facing this issue very frequently when Skype crashes. If you check the Skype window you will notice that, you are not signed in and there are no option to do force sign out operation. You are already signed in on this computer. Many times it crashes and starts this weird behavior and asks the user to sign out first though the user is not signed in. It’s a common issue these days with Skype.

Recently I noticed frequent crash in Skype and when tried to reopen, it was unable to login but was showing a message that I am already signed in to system. Many people uses it to connect with their family and beloved one, some other also uses it for business purpose to connect with their client. These days Skype is a common platform for audio/video calling over internet.
