Chris wrote:

"Skype seems to be updating itself now without any interaction from the user

I would double check which version you are running now"

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Ok Chris, thanks for letting us know.
Jerry, if this is the case and you've been autoupdated to Skype 8, watch out because the scripts for Skype electron require at least JAWS 17 as clearly explained on the system requirements section, because Skype 8 configures itself as a Google Chrome window.
Bye!
Barbuz