On 02/22/2012 01:41 AM, Mark LaPierre wrote: >> >> Another possibility is that he disabled Skype in System -> Preferences >> -> Startup Applications. >> > That's not possible if the OP can start a new instance. The OP stated: > > The absence is not merely cosmetic. Without that icon > once I close the Skype dialog window I know of no other > way to activate a desktop dialog window with the running > Skype instance. Running Skype again gives the warning > that another instance is already running and then quits. > Yeah, I read the rest of OP's mail just after I send my mail :( I was in a stupid hurry. -- Ljubomir Ljubojevic (Love is in the Air) PL Computers Serbia, Europe Google is the Mother, Google is the Father, and traceroute is your trusty Spiderman... StarOS, Mikrotik and CentOS/RHEL/Linux consultant