Hmm in that case, why can they not remove that folder whith skype shut down of corse and then maybe relaunch skype to a fresh copy is created? Would that work?
S On Nov 3, 2010, at 2:58 PM, Kostadin Kolev wrote: > Hello, > > Yes Sarah, I also think that the file in witch Skype keeps his settings gets > corrupted when Nicholas shuts down his laptop. But, Skype's settings in > Windows are not stored in registry, but in configuration files in our Skype > profile directory. That folder can easily be opened by typing > %appdata%\Skype\ > in our "Run" dialog, witch is invoked by pressing WindowsKey+R. In the folder > opened, there should be a folder with our Skype name (the one that we use > together with our password to login into Skype). When we open the folder with > our Skype name, we land in a folder with some folders and in most cases - a > lot of files. The files witch store our Skype settings are "config.lck" and > "config.xml". Most probably something in those files gets corrupted during > shutdown and that is why Nicholas loses some of his Skype settings. > > HTH > > Best wishes, > Kostadin Kolev > > On 3.11.2010 г. 21:00 ч., Sarah Alawami wrote: >> Sounds like a prefence file someware is getting corupted but I would not >> know where to look as that's probably saved in the registry. >> >> Hope you get more suggestions for your problem but hopefully that might give >> some clue. >> >> S >> On Nov 3, 2010, at 10:07 AM, Nicholas Parsons wrote: >> >>> I'm not sure if this is a JAWS issue or not, but my Skype sound >>> settings keep changing. So do the hotkeys for that matter. >>> >>> I like to personalise my sound settings and hotkeys. I always save >>> the changes after doing this. They work for a while but then at some >>> point they revert to the default settings. I think it does this every >>> time I turn my laptop off and then on again. >>> >>> I am using Skype 5.0 (English) with the JAWS scripts 5.0b version 539 >>> on Windows 7 (English). >>> >>> Any ideas? >>> >>> Thanks >>> Nic >>> >>> Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the >>> latest version of skype go to >>> http://www.dlee.org/skype >>> To access tutorials and other goodies go to >>> http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html >>> >>> >>> To contact the list owner send a message to >>> mailto:[email protected] >>> >>> to download a tool to automate the installation of skypewatch go to this >>> link. >>> http://www.hrvojekatic.tk/ >>> >>> and for a searchable archives page go here. >>> http://bit.ly/64Y48 >>> >>> thanks and have a wonderful day. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Skypeenglish mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com >> >> >> Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the >> latest version of skype go to >> http://www.dlee.org/skype >> To access tutorials and other goodies go to >> http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html >> >> >> To contact the list owner send a message to >> mailto:[email protected] >> >> to download a tool to automate the installation of skypewatch go to this >> link. >> http://www.hrvojekatic.tk/ >> >> and for a searchable archives page go here. >> http://bit.ly/64Y48 >> >> thanks and have a wonderful day. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Skypeenglish mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com >> > > Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the > latest version of skype go to > http://www.dlee.org/skype > To access tutorials and other goodies go to > http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html > > > To contact the list owner send a message to > mailto:[email protected] > > to download a tool to automate the installation of skypewatch go to this > link. > http://www.hrvojekatic.tk/ > > and for a searchable archives page go here. > http://bit.ly/64Y48 > > thanks and have a wonderful day. > > > _______________________________________________ > Skypeenglish mailing list > [email protected] > http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the latest version of skype go to http://www.dlee.org/skype To access tutorials and other goodies go to http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html To contact the list owner send a message to mailto:[email protected] to download a tool to automate the installation of skypewatch go to this link. http://www.hrvojekatic.tk/ and for a searchable archives page go here. http://bit.ly/64Y48 thanks and have a wonderful day. _______________________________________________ Skypeenglish mailing list [email protected] http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com
