Can no longer play messages. Help!

I can see the messages, and the length of them, but they won't play.  Sometimes, it will start for the first few seconds and then stop, and not play.  (It is not that the recorded message went silent or stopped). I just click on the message and nothing happens.  This is for the most recent messages - one just yesterday and a few this past week).   So far the only thing I have tried to rectify this is: 
Restart my computer
Restart Skype. 
I am afraid to unistall skype and reinstall as I have read that may erase the history. 
Any help in this matter asap would be greatly appreciated!
FYI:  I am on Windows 7

Will they play with Quicktime player?
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