topic Re: Spotify window frame stays on desktop after closing program in Desktop (Windows)

Spotify window frame stays on desktop after closing program

nifta13 — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 16:00:59 GMT

When I close Spotify, a still image of the frame of the program stays on screen. It takes a right-click and Refresh to clear it up.

It's the same whether I have Hardware Accelerated enabled or not.

Any ideas?

Sorry if this is a regular question; I did a search but didnt find a similar post.

Re: Spotify window frame stays on desktop after closing program

user-removed — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 10:20:23 GMT

Hi @nifta13!

Do you use the Windows Basic theme? Don't use it. Or, upgrade to Windows 10 while it's free. These are the only solutions that I know. This usually occurs in the Windows basic theme.

Hope this helps

Re: Spotify window frame stays on desktop after closing program

nifta13 — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 19:30:51 GMT

Hi,

this is on my work PC, so an upgrade to Win10 isnt possible right now. I use the regular Aero theme, rather than the basic theme. Thanks for the suggestion though!

Re: Spotify window frame stays on desktop after closing program

user-removed — Sun, 08 Nov 2015 00:39:09 GMT

Try disabling that dock. Check if it might be the cause of the problem

Re: Spotify window frame stays on desktop after closing program

nifta13 — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 08:16:33 GMT

Just gave that a go but it doesn't fix the problem, sadly. Thanks for the idea though!

Oh well, I think I can live with it. It's only annoying in the instances where sometimes the whole interface stays on as the ghost-image and I find myself trying to click on buttons that aren't actually there 🙂

Re: Spotify window frame stays on desktop after closing program

user-removed — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 11:04:57 GMT

Try reinstalling. If this won't fix it, I will escalate this issue. We should not give up 🙂

Re: Spotify window frame stays on desktop after closing program

nifta13 — Wed, 11 Nov 2015 20:09:29 GMT

Reinstalling didnt help 😞

Well, this evening I noticed this was also happening on my Work Laptop (Win7 again, but it's a completely different hardware spec to my Work Workstation/Desktop. The only similarity is HP being the manufacturer).

Weird.

I wonder if it's somehow related to some custom setup that my work uses....?

My home Win10 setups work just fine.

Re: Spotify window frame stays on desktop after closing program

user-removed — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 01:44:07 GMT

It might be an OS problem because you said that it works fine on Windows 10. Windows 10 might be the only fix.

Re: Spotify window frame stays on desktop after closing program

nifta13 — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 15:57:15 GMT

Could be. Let's assume that it is 🙂

Thanks for the support.

Re: Spotify window frame stays on desktop after closing program

bicky11 — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 03:54:25 GMT

RIGHT CLICK THE MOUSE AND USE REFRESH ON YOUR DESKTOP.

Re: Spotify window frame stays on desktop after closing program

nifta13 — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 17:54:15 GMT

Yep, that does work but I was hoping to find a way to prevent it happening in the first place 🙂

Re: Spotify window frame stays on desktop after closing program

allotherareused — Mon, 19 Sep 2016 01:46:08 GMT

Windows Classic theme on Win 7 and this stay on desktop. "Migrate to Windows 10", "Use specific theme which spotify like" or "Install mac OS" is not solution for crapy software. All normall programmers are eradicated and only flash and visual basic programmers survived ?

Re: Spotify window frame stays on desktop after closing program

daniej — Fri, 07 Jul 2017 11:42:52 GMT

Was struggling with this myself.

A solution, though not perfect, for me was to activate Windows 7 Aero Theme.

Now its able to close, minimize & quit without the frame lagging on the screen

Re: Spotify window frame stays on desktop after closing program

Nostalgic-Link — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 14:30:39 GMT

It might be an OS problem? Windows 10 is the only solution? PuuuuuuuhhhhhLEASE... "I'm not working for Spotify." Right, and I'm sure you don't work for Micro$oft either. What a load of crock. This issue could easily be fixed if they gave a rat's... It doesn't happen with other programs on Windows 7, so, actually obviously, it's a Spotify problem.

Re: Spotify window frame stays on desktop after closing program

usertaken — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 15:02:36 GMT

3 years later and the problem persists! Nice job escalating this issue!