Skype crashing frequently windows 8.1

My both skype for desktop and windows application skype are not working properly. I have latest version of skype, I have updated version of windows 8.1 and all, but from 4 days whenever I get a skype call or whenever I try to make a skype call, desktop application started crashing. I used windows default skype application after 2 days it also started to crash. I uninstalled and reinstalled both for 2-3 times but still problem exists. can I have any solution for this?

rohitreddy wrote:
My both skype for desktop and windows application skype are not working properly. I have latest version of skype, I have updated version of windows 8.1 and all, but from 4 days whenever I get a skype call or whenever I try to make a skype call, desktop application started crashing. I used windows default skype application after 2 days it also started to crash. I uninstalled and reinstalled both for 2-3 times but still problem exists. can I have any solution for this?
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