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How to Locate Your Skype Photos in Older Versions of Skype If you are on an iPhone or Android, the instructions for finding photos on Skype is located here. If you want to change the default download location for Skype photos, do so just below in the heading labelled “When I receive a file”. So let’s check that now.ĭirect from this Skype page, we have the directions in the photo below to ensure that your Skype settings are set to Auto-Download files:įiles will be automatically stored in the downloads directory. press Windows key+R then type: %userprofile%/downloads then hit Enterīoth of these methods will get you to the same place - the downloads directory where your Skype photos are hopefully stored.īut what if they are not there? Well, you may be using an old version of Skype (see below) or your settings in the new Skype are not set to automatically download.
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