skype

[meatboy]

just had a new laptop +windows 10,set up skype,but all their messages are in thai.

my mate who is very good with comps.tried for an hr.to change it to English to no avail. HELP

[Meljames]

Under 'tools' at the top. Click and a drop down list appears. Click on languages, another drop down list with all the language choices., click on English.On my version anyway. 

[meatboy]

3 minutes ago, Meljames said:

Under 'tools' at the top. Click and a drop down list appears. Click on languages, another drop down list with all the language choices., click on English.On my version anyway. 

thanks for your swift reply this we tried yesterday but the problem was NO TOOLS ICON.

[KhunBENQ]

Press the CTRL key and " , " (comma).

That open the options dialog.

The rest should be crystal clear.

[KhunBENQ]

Other method to open the options dialog (instead of hotkey):

 

Do you have an idea why Skype came up in Thai on your computer?

I never had this (voluntarily).

Something with the regional/language settings.

[meatboy]

20 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

Other method to open the options dialog (instead of hotkey):

 

Do you have an idea why Skype came up in Thai on your computer?

I never had this (voluntarily).

Something with the regional/language settings.

thanks KB no idea how they reply in thai,as its all set up in English.

[bobbin]

22 hours ago, meatboy said:

thanks for your swift reply this we tried yesterday but the problem was NO TOOLS ICON.

Ha!. I just went through this..

 

This morning I received an email from Skype saying that I was using an older version and needed to d/l the latest version for W10 or I would not be able to sign in after Sept. 4. So I did that, following the link in the email.

 

This is the part that might be causing your problem. I went to the Start menu and opened Skype. No video available. Wasted a few minutes on Google, which said open Tools and go to Options. Only problem was no Menu in Skype to open Tools. I got annoyed and decided to uninstall Skype. I did that. Then I opened Start Menu again. There had been 2 Skype icons, now only one. So I opened it and saw the Skype page, complete with Menu, including Tools. The version I had just d/l.

 

You cannot have 2 versions of Skype on the computer. I was trying to open the version that came pre-installed..

 

Check in your start menu. If you see 2 Skype icons, delete the older one. If all goes well you can go to Tools and change language.

Edited September 1, 2017 by bobbin

[kekalot]

I think you are talking about either the Windows 10 store version of Skype and the Desktop version of skype.

there is also a "Skype for Business" version, most likely on both sides as well (total 4) and possibly more.

 

you can totally have more than 1 version at the same time, the Windows 10 version for me is black because I use the dark theme and much different user interface (didn't open it to look for options).

I personally prefer the Desktop version.

 

https://www.skype.com/en/download-skype/skype-for-computer/

 

the dark blue button here starts (or installs) the Windows Store version of Skype while the white button just under gets the classic version.

the reason why it's showing in Thai is most likely if you setup your location to Thailand (even if your keyboard is set to English).. I had that happen to one of my laptops that the time in the corner and date information was in Thai (I can't read it) and it was annoying as heck to change it back.

 

in addition, my Thai girlfriend has a laptop and because I set it up under my own Microsoft account, when she added Thai language to the keyboard it keeps downloading it onto all my computers and adds a language bar, every time i take it off it disappears on her laptop and she adds it back the next time.

 

I could easily disable the sync but I can't be bothered