Skype chat opens full screen and I can't get off it

I had the same problem and couldn't find an answer, but have found a solution under the Skype Options menu under Chat deselect use default view.

Apparently the default view is a full screen window with a locked window size.

• Open ~/.Skype/skypeusername/config.xml
• find the xml-node ConversationsWindow and set it to something else so it would not fill the whole screen.

first do the Skype Options menu under Chat deselect use default view. Then follow this steps:

1. Close the skype.
2. go to /home/userfolder/
3. select the show hidden files or cntr+h
4. rename the ".skype" folder to ".skype_backup"
5. open the skype
6. you will see the ".skype" and ".skype_backup" folders at above location.
7. delete the ".skype" folder and rename the ".skype_backup" to ".skype"
8. Close the skype
9. again open the skype.

then the sype will be working fine..