Today, on May 26, 2011, many users are having problems with their Skype account. For some reasons some kind of error pops-up and the Skype program is being shut down, without the possibility to run it again. The remedy is as follows: You need to remove the file shared.xml from the folder C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Skype. This is applicable for Windows 7 or Windows Vista operating systems.
If you have Windows XP then you can remove shared.xml file located at this address C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Skype Alternatively, it is also suggested by some experts to remove the file %AppData%\Skype\shared.xml (for Windows XP). This helps, but only for the short period of time. However, if you set the read-only atribute for the file shared.xml, this will finally heal your Skype account. Good luck to you!
