The installation and use of SkypeKiller is very straightforward, here´s the step by step breakdown:
1) Install
Download and launch SkypeKiller on any system (workstation or server) on your network.
2) Configuration
Clean Mode
Select the default clean mode or tick the "Detect only" option if you just want to list Skype
® installs.
Filtering
You can apply filters to determine the type of target computers on which Skype
® is to be removed. For example you can choose to run SkypeKiller only on your workstations.
Target Computer Selection
Select target computers. You can browse to quickly add computers from your global catalog or Domain controllers.
3) Execution
Click on Execute, a progress window will display the operation.
4) Result analysis
SkypeKiller will indicate success or failure of the removal for each previously selected system.
5) Scheduling
You can schedule automatic SkypeKiller tasks at regular intervals using SkypeKiller´s integrated scheduler to avoid inopportune reinstalls.
SkypeKiller carries out a complete and careful eradication of Skype®,
as it deletes the following elements:
In each profile (system and user) the following registry keys/values are deleted:
"Software\Skype\Phone"
"Software\Skype"
"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Skype_is1"
"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run"
"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\DomainProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List\%CheminSkype.exe%"
"Software\Classes\.skype"
"Software\Classes\skype"
"Software\Classes\Skype.Content"
"Software\Classes\Skype.Detection"
"Software\Classes\CLSID\{9E385F0A-0BA2-430C-96AA-4399C5E40F6C}"
The following files/folders are deleted in each profile (including the "All Users" profile):
"%ProfilUtilisateur%\Bureau\Skype.lnk"
"%ProfilUtilisateur%\Mes Documents\My Skype Pictures"
"%ProfilUtilisateur%\Application data\Skype"
"%ProfilUtilisateur%\Menu démarrer\Programmes\Skype"
"%ProfilUtilisateur%\SendTo\Skype.lnk"
The Skype
® install folder is also deleted:
"C:\Program files\Skype\Phone"
ou "%ProfilUtilisateur%\Local Settings\Application Data\Skype\Phone"
or other paths depending if the install folder was changed during Skype´s install.