I can't update skype and can't uninstall it. Help!

I use skype quite fequently, but I'm getting annoyed by it:
I keep getting a message every time I start my computer prompting me to update skype. Trouble is I have tried numerous times and every time I try it comes back with an error code and tells me that it can't update it because there is another version of sype still running, saying I need to uninstall that version first.
However I can't uninstall it because 'Skype' is not showing up in my list of programs when I go to the control panel and click 'uninstall a program'.
I've even tried to just delete it from the C drive/program files(86), but that it also won't allow me to do because 'the program is open in another application', even when I've used Task Manager to shut it down.
All in all a massive headache.
Any advice, please!
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Try this Skype removal tool.
http://community.skype.com/t5/Windows-desktop-clie​​nt/Botched-uninstallment-with-Revo-now-I-can-t-u...
Remember to reboot your computer after running this tool.

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