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Automating Skype Log Extraction with SkypeLogView Scripts

Overview

Automating Skype log extraction with SkypeLogView lets you periodically pull, filter, and export Skype chat/call records without manual steps. Typical automation tasks: scheduled exports, filtered extracts (date/user), batch processing multiple profiles, and converting outputs (CSV/HTML/JSON) for analysis.

Tools required

• SkypeLogView (NirSoft) executable
• Windows PC (or VM) where Skype profiles are accessible
• Task Scheduler for scheduling
• Batch (.bat) or PowerShell scripts
• Optional: a scriptable converter (PowerShell/Python) to transform exported data

Basic command-line usage

SkypeLogView supports command-line parameters for filtering and exporting. Common flags:

• /scomma— export CSV
• /stab — export TSV
• /sort — sort by column
• /sortdesc — descending sort
• /sortasc — ascending sort
• /starttime “” and /endtime “” — filter by time range
• /profile — specify Skype profile location

(Confirm exact flags with your SkypeLogView version before use.)

Example scripts

1. Simple scheduled CSV export (batch)

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@echo off set SKV=“C:\Tools\SkypeLogView.exe” set OUT=“C:\Exports\skypelogs%DATE:~10,4%-%DATE:~4,2%-%DATE:~7,2%.csv” %SKV% /scomma %OUT% /starttime “2026-03-14 00:00” /endtime “2026-03-14 23:59” 

2. Export last 24 hours (PowerShell)

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\(skv</span><span> = </span><span class="token" style="color: rgb(163, 21, 21);">"C:\Tools\SkypeLogView.exe"</span><span> </span><span></span><span class="token" style="color: rgb(54, 172, 170);">\)now = Get-Date
\(yesterday</span><span> = </span><span class="token" style="color: rgb(54, 172, 170);">\)now.AddDays(-1)
\(out</span><span> = </span><span class="token" style="color: rgb(163, 21, 21);">"C:\Exports\skype_logs_{0:yyyy-MM-dd}.csv"</span><span> </span><span class="token" style="color: rgb(57, 58, 52);">-</span><span>f </span><span class="token" style="color: rgb(54, 172, 170);">\)now
& \(skv</span><span> </span><span class="token" style="color: rgb(163, 21, 21);">"/scomma"</span><span> </span><span class="token" style="color: rgb(54, 172, 170);">\)out ”/starttime” \(yesterday</span><span class="token" style="color: rgb(57, 58, 52);">.</span><span>ToString</span><span class="token" style="color: rgb(57, 58, 52);">(</span><span class="token" style="color: rgb(163, 21, 21);">"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm"</span><span class="token" style="color: rgb(57, 58, 52);">)</span><span> </span><span class="token" style="color: rgb(163, 21, 21);">"/endtime"</span><span> </span><span class="token" style="color: rgb(54, 172, 170);">\)now.ToString(“yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm”)

3. Batch process multiple profiles and convert to JSON (PowerShell + ConvertFrom-Csv)

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\(skv</span><span> = </span><span class="token" style="color: rgb(163, 21, 21);">"C:\Tools\SkypeLogView.exe"</span><span> </span><span></span><span class="token" style="color: rgb(54, 172, 170);">\)profiles = @(“C:\Users\Alice\AppData\Roaming\Skype\alice”, “C:\Users\Bob\AppData\Roaming\Skype\bob”)
foreach (\(p</span><span> in </span><span class="token" style="color: rgb(54, 172, 170);">\)profiles) {
  \(outCsv</span><span> = </span><span class="token" style="color: rgb(163, 21, 21);">"C:\Exports\skype_</span><span class="token" style="color: rgb(57, 58, 52);">\)(Split-Path \(p</span><span class="token" style="color: rgb(57, 58, 52);"> </span><span class="token" style="color: rgb(57, 58, 52);">-</span><span class="token" style="color: rgb(57, 58, 52);">Leaf</span><span class="token" style="color: rgb(57, 58, 52);">)</span><span class="token" style="color: rgb(163, 21, 21);">_</span><span class="token" style="color: rgb(57, 58, 52);">\)(Get-Date -Format yyyyMMdd).csv”
  & \(skv</span><span> </span><span class="token" style="color: rgb(163, 21, 21);">"/profile"</span><span> </span><span class="token" style="color: rgb(54, 172, 170);">\)p ”/scomma” \(outCsv</span><span> </span><span>  </span><span class="token" style="color: rgb(54, 172, 170);">\)json = Import-Csv \(outCsv</span><span> </span><span class="token" style="color: rgb(57, 58, 52);">|</span><span> </span><span class="token" style="color: rgb(57, 58, 52);">ConvertTo-Json</span><span> </span><span class="token" style="color: rgb(57, 58, 52);">-</span><span>Depth 5 </span><span>  </span><span class="token" style="color: rgb(54, 172, 170);">\)json | Out-File ($outCsv -replace ”.csv”,”.json”)
}

Scheduling

• Use Task Scheduler: create a task that runs your script at desired intervals (daily/hourly). Set highest privileges if accessing other users’ profiles.
• Ensure script runs under an account with permission to read Skype profile folders.

Best practices

• Keep exports on an encrypted drive if they contain sensitive data.
• Rotate and prune old exports to save space.
• Log script runs and capture exit codes; NirSoft tools return nonzero on errors.
• Test filters and date formatting to match your locale.
• Confirm legality and privacy compliance before extracting logs that include other people’s messages.

Troubleshooting

• If no data appears, ensure Skype profiles are not in use or locked; run as same user owning the profile.
• Check path and escaping of spaces in profile paths.
• Update SkypeLogView when Skype changes storage formats.

If you want, I can produce a ready-to-run script tailored to your Windows locale, profile paths, and desired schedule.