"It won't let me uninstall it"
It was like, "Umm I'm sorry I can't seem to find the files for this application, so screw you".
And I was like "Well ### you too, and deleted it's files. But control panel is still like "Nope don't know where that is sir, have you tried drowning yet" and then we wrestled for a bit and the pc got its ass kicked by my awesome "Remove from recycle bin" powers and skype will have to stay in purgatory for the rest of its life.
The new version won't install on my pc without that other one being gone first, skype's a piece of crap.