Where are my contacts? How do I Skype people? Why ...

Suddenly I was prompted to enter a new passward and now there is a totally new gui that apparently lets me do everything EXCEPT Skype people!
I'm no novice, but I cannot find any information on where my contacts disappeated to. Getting help is totally futile.
I'd love to simply pick up a phone and call for help, but heck, Microsoft bought Skype and now it is next to impossible to find any information!
Can somebody please post information on either rollback instructions to a release that works, or simple intstructions (there don't seem to be any) on how to find my contacts and simply click on them to make Skype calls.
There is a wealth of useless informtion on the MY ACCOUNT page which appears to be the default.
HELP!!! I've been using Skype since almost the beginning of Skype, and suddenly I feel lost in a Microsoft version of Windows where the entire look and feel was changed, but nobody at Microsoft bothered to let this customer know about it, nor give any info on how to use it.

paul1957b wrote:
Suddenly I was prompted to enter a new passward and now there is a totally new gui that apparently lets me do everything EXCEPT Skype people!
I'm no novice, but I cannot find any information on where my contacts disappeated to. Getting help is totally futile.
I'd love to simply pick up a phone and call for help, but heck, Microsoft bought Skype and now it is next to impossible to find any information!
Can somebody please post information on either rollback instructions to a release that works, or simple intstructions (there don't seem to be any) on how to find my contacts and simply click on them to make Skype calls.
There is a wealth of useless informtion on the MY ACCOUNT page which appears to be the default.
HELP!!! I've been using Skype since almost the beginning of Skype, and suddenly I feel lost in a Microsoft version of Windows where the entire look and feel was changed, but nobody at Microsoft bothered to let this customer know about it, nor give any info on how to use it.
Are you sure that you are logged in to Skype application installed on your computer and not just to your Account page on the Web. The last will not provide you any access to your contacts or call option.
What exactly is the version of Skype installed on your computer? In Skype go to Help -> About Skype.

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