https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Local-files-are-not-linking-to-Spotify-s-database-entry/m-p/4824618#M80310 <P>Windows 10, latest update</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>At some point in the past, I was able to set a Local Folder and put files into it. Spotify would then recognize many (not all) of these files and play the local file as a result.</P><P>For example, if I had a local file named "Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven.mp3", with proper ID3 tags exactly set to the same as Spotify's database entry for this song, it would link the file and play my local file instead.&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>This has stopped working at some point, and now NO LOCAL FILES sync in this way.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>How do I re-enable this functionality?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Thanks!</P> Tue, 17 Sep 2019 11:19:06 GMT ACAx1985 2019-09-17T11:19:06Z https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Local-files-are-not-linking-to-Spotify-s-database-entry/m-p/4824618#M80310 <P>Windows 10, latest update</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>At some point in the past, I was able to set a Local Folder and put files into it. Spotify would then recognize many (not all) of these files and play the local file as a result.</P><P>For example, if I had a local file named "Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven.mp3", with proper ID3 tags exactly set to the same as Spotify's database entry for this song, it would link the file and play my local file instead.&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>This has stopped working at some point, and now NO LOCAL FILES sync in this way.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>How do I re-enable this functionality?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Thanks!</P> Tue, 17 Sep 2019 11:19:06 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Local-files-are-not-linking-to-Spotify-s-database-entry/m-p/4824618#M80310 ACAx1985 2019-09-17T11:19:06Z