Skype installed as external drive rather than application?

I realise that this is most likely something very basic but it remains beyond my abilities as someone not yet familiar with Macs. My wife installed Skype on our MacBook but it has appeared as an external drive - every time we turn the mac on Skype launches automatically. How can we switch this to a simple application that we can launch as and when we choose? Thanks for any help.

Start by opening Accounts preferences. Click on Login Items. Locate the Skype entry and delete it. Next check in the Applications folder for the Skype application. If it's not there then most likely you never installed it from the disc image download. Locate the .dmg file you downloaded with Skype then double-click on it to mount the disc image on the Desktop. If a window doesn't open automatically then double-click on the disk icon to open a Finder window. Drag the Skype application from that window to your Applications folder. Then unmount the disc image. You're done.

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