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Plan
Premium
Country
UK
Device
Desktop
Operating System
Windows 7
My Question or Issue
My spotify had a modern interface for the longest time. Then an update rolled out and my PC couldn't update it for some reason. My PC has harddrive space so that isn't the issue.
I uninstalled spotify completely and went to reinstall it with the regular link and it didn't work. I clicked the installer and nothing happened. So I installed the alternative link (http://download.spotify.com/Spotify%20Installer.exe) This worked and has installed but the interface looks COMPLETELY different (and older). Why is this, and is there a way to get the old interface back? thanks
Solved! Go to Solution.
Hey @legoche, welcome to Community!
That installer indeed installs an old version of Spotify (client version 0.9.xxx).
I'm pretty sure it's so old fails with updating itself as well, so I recommend trying this:
1. uninstall that client
2. make sure there are no Spotify folders left in %appdata% folders (roaming and local)
3. restart your computer
4. try installing from this link - it's a full installer.
(note: the new clients remove everything from %appdata% when uninstalling/reinstalling, but the old clients didn't do that.)
Let me know how it goes 🙂
the application updated itself. whenever I click to open the application nothing happens.
Hey @legoche, welcome to Community!
That installer indeed installs an old version of Spotify (client version 0.9.xxx).
I'm pretty sure it's so old fails with updating itself as well, so I recommend trying this:
1. uninstall that client
2. make sure there are no Spotify folders left in %appdata% folders (roaming and local)
3. restart your computer
4. try installing from this link - it's a full installer.
(note: the new clients remove everything from %appdata% when uninstalling/reinstalling, but the old clients didn't do that.)
Let me know how it goes 🙂
thanks for replying!
I uninstalled and deleted all spotify related files from my computer.
When I click to open the installer, nothing happens at all. I get an eggtimer to show the computer is doing something but nothing happens.
I am running the installer as an administrator. Also in compatibility to windows 7 and it still doesn't work.
update:
I ran the alternate installer from my other hard drive, and the download worked fine. problem solved
Thankyou so much for your help.
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