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Windows 10
Skype NOT installed.
A short list of actually installed software.
Main use: LibreOffice Write, Calc and Thunderbird.
Some use of Firefox to browse the web.

Just recently this dialog has started to pop up at ONE user's login:
Windows dialog; error finding Skype.exe

Swedish text: Cant find the file C:\Program files... \Skype\Skype.exe
Verify that you have given the correct name and try again.

Windows key+R and "msconfig" =>
Shows no software that seem to be logically related.

Windows key+R and "regedit", Search for "skype.exe" =>
Several hits that refer "repository" in the 'path', one matching the path in the dialog.

And as stated above: Control panel, Programs & Features: A very short list.

Edit/repeat: Skype is and has not ever been installed (as far as I know), so the fact that skype.exe is missing is "ok" and expected. The fact that "some THING tries to start it" is the actual problem.

I'd appreciate any tips on how to locate the cause for this.

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  • You should download and install the current Windows Store version of Skype to solve this problem. Windows Store applications are not lost in the control panel typically, they are listed, within Settings
    – Ramhound
    Commented Oct 31, 2020 at 10:29
  • Hmm... I think I'll try that before anything else. I can imagine installing remedies the problem, I hope it can be removed just after that; as it will not get used - no need to have it remain installed. I believe there is a windows account now that you mention it. Had forgot about that. I usually avoid that type of accounts as the plague - IMO they're not entirely meant for the benfit of the user (I'm the one who installed/initialized Windows).
    – Hannu
    Commented Oct 31, 2020 at 15:01
  • I am a Windows user primarily but I have to say.. judging by the apps you run.. if ever someone should probably run Linux instead, it would be you.
    – Señor CMasMas
    Commented Oct 31, 2020 at 16:37
  • There is no choice with this machine. Personally i DO run Linux since few years back.
    – Hannu
    Commented Oct 31, 2020 at 20:18

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Maybe your Image File Execution Options is blocking execution of Skype.exe. Go the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options, find a key named skype.exe then delete the Debugger value.

Then you can look at the Startup keys HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run and delete Skype related entries.

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  • Note: searching for skype.exe did not show anything in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run - I would have deleted that if there had been such an entry.
    – Hannu
    Commented Oct 31, 2020 at 8:35
  • No... Look in the other key as well as too
    – Wasif
    Commented Oct 31, 2020 at 8:35
  • Right, will do as I have access to that machine. Thanks for the info.
    – Hannu
    Commented Oct 31, 2020 at 8:36
  • The executable is missing. This answer doesn’t make sense, the error is clear, something has caused the Skype executable to be deleted but kept the key that automatically starts Skype when a user logs in
    – Ramhound
    Commented Oct 31, 2020 at 10:29
  • As far as I know skype has never been installed. (not my machine, I visit and attempt to help with problems)
    – Hannu
    Commented Oct 31, 2020 at 14:53

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