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I have one link in my webpage where user can call to other skype user.

<a href="skype:skype_username?call">Call me</a>

But when user have not skype installed in their pc one notification popup is coming.

Is there any way in any manner i can detect is skype is installed or not? so i can give custom message to install skype.

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Member Avatar for rajarajan2017

Somewhat you have to give a alternate link to download skype.Use the icon of Skype before your href and give the tool tip as click here to download skype. This is just my suggestion. I dont know how to identify whether they installed skype

Member Avatar for pritaeas

According to some threads on stackoverflow, there was at some point a detection method available, but at the skype website there is no trace of it.

However, if skype is not installed, then you will get a popup that you need it.

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i also found this during search, but don't know how to implement it in coding as i have no idea of action script.

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Member Avatar for almostbob 
<head><script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"></script></head>
<a href="skype:skype_username?call" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> Call me on Skype </a>

page 9999999 on the howtos, no-one is ever likely to find it,
it was linked as "how to offer skype me calls from my website"
but no longer is

Edited by almostbob because: n/a
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Yeah this works... thnx almostbob and all..

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