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Loading multiple instances of Skype on a Windows machine

Have you ever been in a situation when you had 1 PC available and your wife or friend also needed to be online at the same time? Or are you 1 of those people with multiple Skype IDs to keep home and business apart and had a situation when you wanted to come online from both your IDs at the same time? Well, the old school way is to go online 1 at a time or may be use 1 on a smartphone and other on your PC. But guess what? Microsoft was thoughtful enough to add an option that comes along the default Skype installation that can solve this problem for you.
All what you have to do is to perform 2 simple steps:

Step 1:

Load "Run" window by pressing "Window + R" keys together. If you are new to using key combinations, here is how its done. Press and hold "Window" key from your keyboard and with that key being pressed, also press "R" key and you are done. Now you can release both keys.

Step 2:

Copy and Paste the following string in the "Open" textbox:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Phone\Skype.exe" /secondary

 Tada.. !!

 Congratulations, Now you have 2 simultaneous Skype programs running on your computer which you can use as needed.

 Thanks you Microsoft.

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