Spotify keeps opening on startup [Windows 10]

[siaarzh]

This is not a spotify issue, it's a Windows 10 bug that was supposed to act like a "feature":

Old behavior:

• When you shut down your PC, all apps are closed

• After reboot/restart, you have to re-open any app you'd like to use

New behavior:

• When shutting down your PC, any open apps are "bookmarked" (for lack of a better word)
• After reboot/restart, these apps will re-open automatically

If you want to start with no apps open (other than those set to auto-start via Task Manager/Start), you'll need to ensure all apps are closed before shutting down or restarting the PC.

I don't know about you, but I'm too lazy and am not going to close all my apps, one aften another, before I shutdown my PC. This is 2019, things should just work.

There are multple ways of solving this, but the most robust one is to create a shortcut in your startup menu to manually shutdown/restart your PC while forgoing on this annoying "feature". Here's a guide on how to do this, follow the method in Option 2(a) and then you can place your shortcuts in your startup folder (e.g. %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs).

[Alchemancy]

It very much was a Spotify issue, but it has since been resolved back when
I first posted this. Roundabout solutions like the one you provided are
exactly what I was trying to avoid.

[havardlille]

Can not confirm that it's been fixed. Keeps happening here. It's disabled in both the program and in task manager.

Windows 10 build 17763.

Spotify 1.1.0.237.g378f6f25 Windows Store version.

[niuxen]

Same, happens on all my three Windows devices despite the NO flag... 

[Loxer]

Hey all!

Could you try this Microsoft article to disable startup apps. 

Try to do a quick reinstallation and make sure to set off Spotify's startup behaviour in it's Advanced Settings and let me know the following if it did not help.

• Your device
• Your Windows version (find it using the Run window with the command winver)
• Spotify version

It'll be investigated and you'll be able to get up-to-date here. Looking forward to your replies!

Have a nice day.

[Katerina]

Hey there folks,

Thanks for all your reports regarding the desktop app launching on Windows on startup.

If this issue occurs for you, we'd recommend following the steps @Loxer has mentioned here, making sure that you've selected to not launch Spotify at startup. You can do that from the app's Settings > Show advanced settings > Startup and Window Behaviour.

You can also try a quick reinstall of the app and installing any pending software and driver updates on your device.

If none of these do the trick, make sure to add your +VOTE to stay updated. We'd like some additional information  (if you haven't left it already) so we can get this reported to the right folks:

• Your device and its OS version
• The exact version of the Spotify app

[Peter]

Hey folks,

We haven't heard from you in a while! As a result, we're going to move this thread back to the help boards.

If you're still experiencing this issue, make sure to open a new thread and we'll get back to you there.

Thanks!