A firewall may be blocking spotify (Error Code:auth:3)

[dorina23v]

Plan

Free

Country USA

Device

PC

Operating System

Windows 10

My Question or Issue

Trying to solve my won't play any track past 5s problem so I uninstalled, cleaned, reinstalled (again) and now I can't even log in.  Says there's a firewall problem, Error Code: 3.  Spotify is completely green-lighted in the firewall, and yet, here we are.  Clearly not going to be a music day if I can't get this PC working.

Solutions?  I find solutions for other error codes, none seem to work for Error Code 3.  Editted, for whatever reason my brain didn't read the "auth" part of the error code...I've been troubleshooting for...a while...

[BenHalaby]

Hi diorina23v! For this problem I would try this.
1. Sign out on web player or desktop application
2. Completely Delete from your device
3. Go to https://www.spotify.com/us/ to download spotify again and sign in with your account
4. Go to settings < Set music quality to low < Then reload application < Set music quality back to high or preferred level.
Hope this works! Have a great day!

[dorina23v]

Done and there was no change. 

That said, the settings you refer to are not accessible on the desktop app prior to logging in.  I'm stuck on the login screen due to this error.  The image included are the only settings I can currently access.  I've changed those proxy settings to each option, no changes, I still cannot log in.

[levihun]

https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Cant-login-to-account/td-p/4925616. There is JoshuaHasian comment. It worked for me.

[tiagofilipe3]

Removing this line (or anything from spotify) from hosts file solved for me:

0.0.0.0 spclient.wg.spotify.com

[Plomoparejo]

Here is what I did.. Turned off the firewall temporarily and ran spotify. When it worked, I turned back on the firewall. Later, I went to the "Allow and app to go thru the firewall" section and added Spotify.. Still working. Hope it helps