Skype can't find the user. How to find Skype on my computer - use Windows search
Beginner users (or even experienced PC owners) may encounter the Skype interface, which is unusual at first glance. How can I find a person here, even if he gave his nickname? We explain in detail different ways a little lower.
How to find a person on Skype - add a new contact
- To add a new person to your friends list, communicate with him via voice, video, or text messages, go to the “Contacts” menu, which is located in the second tab from the top, immediately after the “Skype” item.
- Inside “Contacts”, hover the mouse cursor over the first sub-item of the list “Add contact”, in the pop-up menu click “Search in the directory”. This action moves the blinking cursor to the search bar, where you will need to enter the information about the person that you know (name, city, phone, email or nickname in the service itself).
- Depending on the accuracy of the query, the search result can be extensive or precise. Choose the desired user from the resulting list with results, click on his nickname, in a new window (in the middle), click on the big one blue button“Add to contact list.”
- In the small window entitled “Request subscriber details”, you should leave an indication of who you are (so that the person can quickly identify you and add you to their friends list), or leave a standard greeting.
- Click “Submit” and wait for the user to enter the program and see the request.
- To speed up adding as a friend, you can notify a friend about your desire through another service, by email or on social networks. Until the greeting recipient accepts your request, their account will always be “Offline” (even if the person is online). This precaution guarantees users greater security and privacy.
Some nuances in handling the program will help you find the right people Work faster and more efficiently with Skype. As mentioned above, the program can produce many results for your request, with the same names and place of residence. If you cannot decide which of them is the subscriber you are looking for, simply right-click on the most suitable nickname and select “Personal data” from the menu.
Easy to find here Additional information, which will allow you to find out whether the person you need is in front of you, or whether you should look further. Don't forget to fill out your Skype profile to make it easier for your friends to find you.
The program also allows you to add friend requests automatically. To install this feature, go to “Options” (gear sign) and select “Add automatically.”
How to find a person by phone number on Skype
It is extremely convenient to communicate with users whose phone number you know. Thanks to it, you can be in touch even when the person is not logging into Skype. To find a person on Skype by phone and create a contact for him, go to the “Contacts” menu, then select the “Create contact with phone number” command. Here, dial the number, save it and you’re done – it’s now easy to contact a friend from anywhere in the world.
An interesting fact is that even if a person does not have Skype, he can be invited to chat through this program. To do this, go to “Contacts” -> “All” and select “Invite friends to Skype”.
Skype is one of the most popular programs of its kind. With its help, millions of people can communicate with each other from different parts of the world. For beginners computer users For those who are not very familiar with the computer, the question often arises of how to find Skype on the computer if it is not on the desktop. The answer to this can be found in this article.
First you need to make sure that Skype is installed on your computer. To do this, you need to go to the control panel in any known way.
In Windows 7 and Windows XP, this can be conveniently done through the Start menu.
Control Panel in Windows 7
In Windows 8.1 and Windows 10, you can go to the Control Panel by right-clicking on the Start menu and selecting “Control Panel” from the drop-down menu.
Control Panel in Windows 10
After that, look for the “Programs and Features” icon (Add or Remove Programs).
Programs and components
A list of all will open installed programs on your computer. Among them you need to find Skype. If it is there, then we read the article further. If you don’t find Skype in the list, then you need to install it.
Skype in the list of installed programs
So, there are several ways to find Skype on your computer if it is not on your desktop.
Method No. 1
The first and easiest thing is to see if it is already running in this moment. To do this, pay attention to the notification area (lower right corner near the clock). Isn't there Skype icon. It looks like a green circle.
Skype in notification area
Also don’t forget to disclose hidden icons notification area by clicking on the arrow.
View the hidden notification area
If there is an icon there, then just double-click on it and Skype will launch.
Method No. 2
If you still have Skype installed, but you didn’t find it in the notification area near the clock in the lower right corner, then open “Computer” and go to drive C.
There we find the “Skype” folder and go into it. Next is the “Phone” folder, in which there will be an icon for launching the Skype program.
In the “Program Files x(86)” folder open Skype and then Phone
In order not to have to worry about finding the icon in the future, you can immediately place the Skype shortcut on your desktop. To do this, right-click on it and select “Send” -> “Desktop (Create shortcut)”
Place the Skype icon on your desktop
After this, a Skype shortcut will appear on your desktop and you will not need to look for it every time to launch it.
Method No. 3
If for some reason the above method did not help you, then you can try to find Skype on your computer if it is not on your desktop through search.
In Windows 7 it is located in the Start menu. This is a strip at its very bottom, where the pale gray It says “Find programs and files.”
We enter Skype there and if the program is installed, its icon will be displayed. by clicking on which you will launch Skype on your computer.
Finding a Skype shortcut in Windows 7 via standard search windows
In Windows 10, the search icon is located right on the taskbar near the Start icon. Click on it, enter “Skype” and launch it using the found shortcut.
Finding a Skype shortcut in Windows 10 using standard windows search
Disappearing contacts are perhaps the most annoying bug that appears from time to time in every messenger. They are a nightmare for both developers and users. Imagine you open Skype work, and all the contacts were taken and disappeared. Of course, you don’t remember all the nicknames by heart. What if there are more than a hundred users on the list? How to restore contacts on Skype? And is this possible?
Digging into the settings
The first thing to do when any bug occurs is to check the settings. Perhaps the error appeared because you changed something in them. How do you know if everything is okay?
1. Launch Skype and open the “Contacts” menu.
2. Select “All” from the “Lists” submenu.
If friends disappeared as a result of a glitch in the settings, then after that they will appear again, and you can continue communication without asking for nicknames or sending repeated requests to be added.
Recovering manually
The easiest way to recover missing Skype friends is if you make backups periodically.
1. Launch Skype and go to the “Contacts” menu.
2. In the “Advanced” submenu, select the function of creating a backup copy of the contact list.
3. Select a storage location for the vcf file with backup copy data and click “Save”. Now your list of Skype friends as of the date the file was created will always be available for recovery.
And if the next time your contacts disappear, you can easily get them back by opening the “Contacts” menu and selecting data recovery from a backup file in the “Advanced” submenu.
Remember: the more friends you have, the more important it is for you to create backup copies.
Moving the %appdata% folder
The following contact recovery method only works with closed Skype. You only need folders on your computer. Open any of them, enter search bar“%appdata%” (without quotes) and press Enter.
Now find the Skype folder and move it to another location. After this you can run the program.
When you start, Skype will start looking for the moved folder and at the same time the procedure for restoring all bad sectors. In most cases this is what returns lost contacts in place.
Recovering deleted contacts
Sometimes the user accidentally deletes the necessary interlocutors or does it out of emotion, and then wants to add them back. If not much time has passed since the deletion, then the contact lost in this way can be restored using the “Recent” option in the “View” menu.
Now in the contact list you will see all the users with whom you exchanged messages or called back in Lately, and you can add the deleted contact to your Skype again.
Here are the simplest and effective methods restoring lost friends on Skype. And if the problem arose with other instant messengers, for example, with WhatsApp, we recommend, which tells in detail what to do if all your friends suddenly disappear from your WhatsApp.
First I'll tell you about it in a simple way launch Skype. This is just for those who don’t have the time (or desire) to figure it out.
The fact is that the program also has an Internet version. This is the same Skype, and official (from the developer), but only through a browser. It turns out that you can open all your contacts through Google Chrome or Opera. Well, or through any other program in which you open sites.
We print our username and password, that is, our login information to the program. Perhaps the site will ask you to provide access to the Desktop or something else. We allow it and get full-fledged Skype.
Here you can correspond, call, send video messages. All this will happen through your account- exactly the same as through regular program. Those with whom you communicate will not feel any difference - for them everything will be exactly the same.
How to solve the problem with launching Skype
I just showed you how to log into Skype if it doesn’t open on your computer. In principle, we could stop there, but personally, it’s still more convenient for me to use regular version. Logging in through the browser is more suitable for temporary use - when you urgently need to open the program, and there is no time to figure out what's what.
And reviving Skype is not that difficult. Usually it's enough just to delete one file and everything will work.
1. First, exit the program completely. To do this, you need to find the small Skype icon at the bottom of the computer screen, on the right side (where the clock is). Sometimes he hides under a small arrow.
Right-click on it and select “Exit Skype”.
If you don't have this little icon anywhere on the right side, move on to the next step.
A small window with a question may appear. Then you will need to click on “Exit”.
2. Press the key Windows keyboards() and, without releasing it, press the key with the letter R. A window like this will open.
3. Copy/paste into it next text%appdata%\skype and click OK.
A window will open with different folders, among which there will be a file shared.xml
You need to delete it (right-click on the file - Delete - OK), then close this window and try to open the program itself. Usually the problem is solved - Skype starts and everything works.
If it doesn't help
Follow steps 1 and 2 from previous instructions. Paste %programfiles(x86)%/skype/phone/ into the window and click OK.
If an error message appears, then paste %programfiles%/skype/phone/ instead and click OK.
Right-click on the skype.exe file and select Send to → Desktop (create shortcut).
Close the window and find the created program shortcut on the Desktop. Right-click on it and select “Properties”.
In the Target field on the Shortcut tab, add a space at the end of the line and the text /legacylogin and click OK.
Now the Skype program can be opened on a computer, but only through this shortcut.
Very often organizational changes in computer industry remain unknown ordinary users. Only the curious know latest events: They know that ATI has become part of the largest developer central processing units- AMD, and all rights to the famous Skype program were recently purchased by Microsoft.
For most users, one thing is important - that programs and hardware components work efficiently, and you don’t have to think about such little things as who bought whom. However, recently on the forums in huge quantities The question began to appear: “I can’t add a contact on Skype. What to do?". The reason for this was the change of servers and the start of changes to the program by the new owner. However, the problem when a person claims: “I can’t add contacts to Skype” is not new at all. It is often explained by less global reasons than the above.
Basics
One of the reasons why a user often states: “I can’t add a contact on Skype” is due to incorrect program configuration operating system. Thus, all versions of Skype, starting from 5.5, actively use WSE (Windows Scripting Engine), ActiveX, JavaScript and, surprisingly, some modules of the Internet Explorer (IE) browser. Thus, incorrect work Any of these software components (including configuration features) may result in the user being forced to study the topic “I can’t add a contact on Skype” on the forums.
To restore functionality, you can try updating specified programs- they are all free and can be easily found by searching in the browser. Also, sometimes you can solve the problem by installing a new Skype.
Working with the program
Sometimes a problem like “I can’t add a contact on Skype” occurs due to incorrect human actions. This is especially true for newcomers who “see” Skype for the first time. Let's recall the basics of the work.
After registering in the system and launching the program, only Echo is in the contact list - this is a connection check service. To add an interlocutor, you need to know his nickname - an invented name in the system.
We also allow searching by first and last name, email or phone number. You need to click “Contacts” in the program menu and select “Add contact”. In the “Skype Login” line, you should type a known nickname and wait until the system displays information about this person. All you have to do is check them and click “Add”. After this you need to send special request, which must be confirmed by the other party. Otherwise, the contact will be inactive, although through the menu right button mouse, you can still contact him (if the person is online).
In new versions it has been slightly changed: a plus sign is displayed above the contact list window and next to it. By clicking on this icon, you need to type a well-known nickname in the line that appears.
Before raising the topic “I can’t add friends on Skype” on the forum, you need to make sure that the login (nickname) you are typing is correct. In addition, sometimes the search takes some time - you need to wait for the results. Latency is especially noticeable on slow connections.