• alrex on Contact List Solution

  I got some concerns about skype contact list. Is it possible to show or embed contact list in a webpage? or for example i have alrady installed skype toolbar, can i automalically load or show the contact list as the page loads, using some scripts?

• ouriel on Contact List Solution

  this new feature is great. I had skype on 2 different computers and it merged the two contact lists (that were different) after i logged into new version. The outlook import feature does not seem to work though

• Bill Campbell on Contact List Solution

  Hey Aswath!

  That's an interesting question. Your contacts are stored in a file config.xml located C:\Documents and Settings\My Computer User Name\Application Data\Skype\myskypeusername.

  Of course now this same list appears to be mirrored on a central server (it may not be, but the feature is labled as "CentralStorage" in the config.xml file).

  The few times I have tested this feature my contacts (166 of them :) ) appeared (complete) within a few seconds.

  Skype have not issued any comments that I am aware of on this feature. It was simply listed in the Release Notes. It is now in the Knowledgebase http://support.skype.com/index.php

  I found this featue by accident (stupidity might be better. I left on a road trip with my contacts stored on a USB JumpDrive which wouldn't play on my laptop. Bingo... all my contacts showed up. :) :)

  Good Skyping...

  Regards, Bill
  
  

• Aswath on Contact List Solution

  Any idea on where the contact list is stored? Is it stored in multiple supernodes? If so, is there a theoretical possibility that when you log on you need to have to wait a long time searching for it or may not be able to retrieve the contact list at all?

• Andy Abramson on Contact List Solution

  The contact importer doesn't work with Outlook if you have LookOut installed. I had a chat with Skype support on this yesterday and I can only hope they get it fixed soon.

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