Skype是通过互联网进行(Skype)视频和语音通话(video and voice calls)的先驱之一，多年来它变得流行起来，同时也饱受争议。当您使用Windows 10 PC 或设备(PC or device)时，Skype是内置的、已安装的，可以随时拨打电话和聊天。此外，还有很多方法可以打开这个应用程序，包括你一开始可能没有想到的方法。以下是您可以在Windows 10中打开(Windows 10)Skype的所有方法，以便您可以快速轻松地开始通话：
1.使用开始菜单打开(Start Menu)Skype 应用程序(Skype app)
您可以在 Windows 10开始菜单(Start Menu)中找到并打开Skype应用程序。单击开始(Start)，向下滚动应用程序列表，直到出现字母S。在那里您可以找到Skype应用程序快捷方式。单击或点击它。
2. 从系统托盘打开 Skype
Skype还随Windows 10 操作系统(operating system)自动启动。从桌面左下角打开系统托盘，然后双击(system tray)Skype图标。
Skype应用程序打开，您可以使用它。
3.使用Windows 搜索(Windows search)打开Skype 应用程序(Skype app)
在Windows(Windows)中搜索是打开应用程序的一种简单方法。单击(Click)或点按任务栏上的搜索字段(search field)，键入“ Skype ”，然后单击或点按具有相同名称的搜索结果。(search result)
4.通过要求Cortana打开Skype 应用(Skype app)程序
如果您的Windows 10系统上启用了Cortana，您可以让她为您打开Skype。
通过说“嘿 Cortana(Hey Cortana) ”或单击或点击任务栏上的麦克风按钮(microphone button)来激活 Cortana ，然后说“打开 Skype(Open Skype.) ” 。Cortana确认您的命令，并显示“ Skype 正在打开(Skype Opening)”消息：
5. 将Skype 应用程序(Skype app)的快捷方式固定到您的桌面
如果桌面快捷方式(desktop shortcut)是您启动应用程序的首选方式，您可以为Skype应用程序创建一个快捷方式。打开“开始”菜单(Start Menu)，然后将Skype快捷方式拖过桌面到您想要快捷方式的位置。
您可以双击或双击桌面上的新快捷方式来打开Skype。
6. 将Skype 应用(Skype app)固定到任务栏或开始菜单(Start Menu)
如果您经常使用Skype，您可以将其快捷方式固定在任务栏或“开始”菜单(Start Menu)上以进行快速访问。单击开始(Start)，向下滚动应用程序列表，直到出现字母S。右键单击(Right-click)（或点击并按住(tap and hold)）Skype快捷方式。在打开的菜单中，您可以选择“固定到开始(Pin to Start.)”。当您单击或点击更多(More)时，菜单会扩展为“固定到任务栏(Pin to taskbar.)”选项。
从现在开始，使用您固定的快捷方式打开Skype 应用程序(the Skype app)。
7.在网络浏览器(web browser)中使用电话链接(telephone link)打开Skype
Skype也可以用来打电话。这意味着，当您在网络浏览器中单击(web browser)电话号码(phone number)时，您可以选择使用Skype拨打电话(phone call)。在网络浏览器(web browser)中单击(Click)电话号码(phone number)。如果您之前没有做出选择，Windows会打开一个应用程序列表，这些应用程序可以用来拨打电话(phone call)。单击(Click)或点击Skype以选择它，然后单击“确定(OK)”按钮。Windows 建议您通过标记复选框
“始终使用此应用程序”来永久保留您的选择(Always use this app)
." 如果您希望能够为您拨打的每个电话做出此选择，请取消选中该复选框。
Skype应用程序打开，电话号码(phone number)已填入拨号盘(dial pad)。您只需按下拨号盘(dial pad)底部的听筒按钮即可(receiver button)拨打电话(phone call)。
如果您留下标记为“始终使用此应用程序(Always use this app)”选项，则每次单击或点击电话号码时(phone number)Skype都会自动打开。否则，每次执行此操作时，您都需要重复选择Skype作为应用程序的步骤才能完成通话。(phone call)
8.使用PowerShell打开Skype 应用程序(Skype app)
如果你热衷于使用命令行(command line)，可以使用PowerShell打开Skype。以管理员身份打开PowerShell，然后键入以下命令：
Get-AppxPackage -allusers *Skype* | foreach {start shell:AppsFolder$($_.PackageFamilyName)!App}
按Enter后，将打开 Skype 应用程序。
你更喜欢如何打开Skype 应用程序(Skype app)？
我们一起经历了一系列启动Skype的选项。如果您使用的是 Windows 10，Skype就在那里，您可以免费通过互联网拨打电话。在结束本教程之前，请告诉我们您启动Skype(Skype)应用程序的首选方法。当您看到它也可以从PowerShell中打开时，您(PowerShell?)是否也引起了一些注意？(Did)我们知道我们做到了。🙂
8 ways to start the Skype app in Windows 10
Skype is one of the pioneers of making video and voice calls over the internet, and it has become popular over the years while enjoying its share of controversies too. When you use a Windows 10 PC or device, Skype is built-in, installed, and ready to make your calls and chats. Also, there are many ways to open this app, including methods you might not think of at first. Here are all the ways you can open Skype in Windows 10 so that you can start your calls fast and easy:
1. Open the Skype app by using the Start Menu
You can find and open the Skype app in the Windows 10 Start Menu. Click Start, scroll down the list of apps until the letter S. There you find the Skype app shortcut. Click or tap on it.
2. Open Skype from the system tray
Skype also starts automatically with the Windows 10 operating system. Open the system tray from the bottom-left corner of your desktop, and double-click on the Skype icon.
The Skype app opens, and you can use it.
3. Open the Skype app by using the Windows search
Searching in Windows is an easy method to open apps. Click or tap the search field on your taskbar, type "Skype" and click or tap the search result with the same name.
4. Open the Skype app by asking Cortana to do it
If Cortana is enabled on your Windows 10 system, you can ask her to open Skype for you.
Activate Cortana by saying "Hey Cortana" or by clicking or tapping the microphone button on the taskbar, and say "Open Skype." Cortana confirms your command, and displays the "Skype Opening" message:
5. Pin a shortcut for the Skype app to your desktop
If a desktop shortcut is your preferred way to start apps, you can create one for the Skype app. Open the Start Menu, and drag the Skype shortcut across the desktop to the place where you want the shortcut.
You can double-click or double-tap the new shortcut on the desktop to open Skype.
6. Pin the Skype app to the taskbar or the Start Menu
If you use Skype frequently, you can pin its shortcut for quick access on the taskbar or the Start Menu. Click Start, scroll down the list of apps until the letter S. Right-click (or tap and hold) the Skype shortcut. In the menu that opens, you have the option to "Pin to Start." When you click or tap More, the menu extends with the option to "Pin to taskbar."
From now on, use the shortcut that you have pinned to open the Skype app.
7. Open Skype using a telephone link in a web browser
Skype can be used to make telephone calls too. This means that, when you click a phone number in a web browser, you have the option of using Skype to place the phone call. Click on a phone number in a web browser. If you have not made a choice before, Windows opens a list of apps that are candidates for making phone calls. Click or tap on Skype to select it, and then the OK button. Windows proposes that your choice will be permanent by marking the checkbox
"Always use this app." If you want to be able to make this choice for every call you make, deselect the checkbox.
The Skype app opens, and the phone number is already filled on the dial pad. You only need to press the receiver button at the bottom of the dial pad to initiate the phone call.
If you have left marked the "Always use this app" option, Skype opens automatically every time you click or tap on a phone number. Otherwise, you need to repeat the steps of selecting Skype as the app to complete the phone call, each time you do this.
8. Open the Skype app by using PowerShell
If you are keen on using the command line, you can use PowerShell to open Skype. Open PowerShell as administrator, and type the following command:
Get-AppxPackage -allusers *Skype* | foreach {start shell:AppsFolder$($_.PackageFamilyName)!App}
After you press Enter, the Skype app opens.
How do you prefer to open the Skype app?
We have gone together through a range of options for starting Skype. If you are using Windows 10, Skype is right there available and free for making calls over the internet. Before closing this tutorial, tell us your preferred method to start the Skype app. Did you raise some eyebrows too, when you saw that it can be opened also from PowerShell? We know we did. 🙂
