

It makes little sense on the other hand to keep the process in suspended state if Skype Video or Messaging + Skype are not used on the system. Windows 10 will terminate suspended applications if resources they use are needed elsewhere. Suspended apps use little memory and usually no cpu, and it may not make much of a difference on most systems whether skypehost.exe is listed as a suspended process or not. It is sleeping more or less, ready to switch to the running state once activated by the user or automatically. Suspended is one of the states of an application's lifecycle on Windows 10. You find the Skypehost.exe process listed as a background process called "Microsoft Skype" under Processes, or directly with its file name under the Details tab.Windows 10 opens a poor man's version by default, click on "more details" to display the full interface.Use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl-Shift-Esc to open the Windows Task Manager.You can verify that in the following way: Skypehost.exe runs as a suspended process on Windows 10 if Messaging + Skype, or Skype Video are not being used. It enables you to make video calls or voice calls (by turning off the camera), and also chat with contacts. Skype Video, integrates more of Skype's functionality to Windows 10 directly. Messaging is a chat application that Skype was added to, enabling users to send messages using Skype instead of using other forms such as SMS. Skypehost.exe powers two applications that Microsoft installs by default on systems running Windows 10: Skype and Messaging + Skype It does so by default right after installation or first start of the operating system even if the Skype desktop software has not been installed on the machine.
