Proposing "Not Portable Skype" - a set of installation tools for skype end-users
I am running a version of skype that I have made portable - thanks to the many suggestions here and on the web. It works fine so far as I have tested it.
It contains no skype information (i.e. no proprietary info).
It is a file structure with a set of tools (.bat batch files) that can be run
from anywhere (i.e. from a shortcut, using pstart). And the file structure can
be placed anywhere, including the desktop (which as you know has spaces in the
file path which can confuse some of the simpler batch file attempts).
You install the commercial skype app. Then you run: