Why is quitting Skype so difficult on Windows 10?

[harlan4096]

Skype is still a popular application, especially on Windows 10 and in business environments. While I cannot say that Microsoft does its best to improve Skype and increase the application's popularity, it seems fairly common that one or the other version of Skype is installed on Windows PCs.

I noticed Skype running on a Windows 10 Professional PC that I use occasionally only. The Skype icon was displayed in the System Tray area indicating that Skype was running.

A right-click on the icon displayed several options but no option to quit Skype. Skype listed two options -- to open Skype or the Skype Settings -- and informed me that there were not any unread conversations.

With no option to exit Skype from the System Tray area, I decided to open Skype to find the quit option there.

First thing I tried was to click on the close icon in the titlebar. This minimized Skype but did not terminate the process.

No close or exit option was displayed anywhere. I checked the menu -- no luck -- and the profile icon -- nothing either; in short: Microsoft's Skype team created a software program that you cannot close anymore after it opens automatically or you launch it; at least not in an easy to understand way.

There are two options, however, to close Skype on Windows 10 after it has been opened on the system.

The first kills the Skype processes in the Windows Task Manager; far from ideal, but better than not being able to close Skype at all.

Full reading: https://www.ghacks.net/2019/02/08/why-is...indows-10/