How to Disable the Skype Plug-In Manager

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Skype is a convenient, "All-In-One" digital communication program that features text chat, video chat and voice chat, and even works as a telephone on the computer screen. Skype also features a "Plug-in Manager" program that can be used to expand Skype features with third-party plug-in applications. However, the Skype Plug-in Manager can utilize a large amount of resources on some computers. Disable the Skype Plug-in Manager application if your computer is sluggish when running Skype.

Things You'll Need

• Administrator permissions on Windows 7 computer

Instructions

1. Log in to the computer using the username and password of an account that has Administrator access to the computer. Open the Skype program.

2. Right-click on the Windows 7 taskbar and click "Task Manager." Click the "Processes" tab and then find "skypePM.exe" in the list of processes displayed. Right-click on the "skypePM.exe" process, click "End Process" and then when prompted, confirm that you wish to end the process.

3. Click the "Tools" menu in the "Skype" window, click "Options" and then click "Advanced Settings." Click to clear the "Automatically Start Extras" check box.

4. Click the "Save" button.

References

• Ten Mov.es: How to Disable Skype's Plug-in Manager
• Big Contacts: Disable Skype Plug-in Manager for Better Performance