On a project at a new client we are using the Skype Collaboration Provider for VS2010. For some unknown reason, after running the apropriate installer, the Skype Collaboration Provider did not show in the dialog where you can choose the desired provider.
- Yes, VS2010 Service Pack 1 is installed correctly.
- Yes, Team Foundation Power Tools for VS2010 are installed correctly.
Repairing, uninstalling, rebooting and re-installing the the provider multiple times, did not end up in the desired result. I still could not select the Skype Collaboration Provider from the Personal Settings dialog. As if it just was NOT installed at all. Finally I had an epiphany... Maybe it just did not install to the correct location! So I investigated the location of the Windows Live Messenger Collaboration Provider. To my surprise the Skype provider was not in the same directory! Eureka!
It seems that the Skype Collaboration Provider installer puts the binaries in the
default installation directory of VS2010. And as I did not install my VS2010 in the default location, the binaries could not be found. The final solution was quite simple. Just copy the binaries to the correct location...
Sigh
