Spotify Windows Installer Bug, Impossible to Install Spotify!

[AlexDeFoc]

Spotify Windows Installer from directly from Spotify contains a bug which doesn't allow user to install Spotify. Impossible to install Spotify ON WINDOWS 11.

I tried today to install spotify directly from spotify site, (not the windows store version) and it didnt allow me to install, since it threw and exception in the installer.

THIS IS A BUG. Please fix.

After i pressed cancel to debug i got this information inside Visual Studio:

I've calculated the checksum also on this site:
https://emn178.github.io/online-tools/md5_checksum.html

and i got this value:

MD5 Check sum:

9cb8117b5ed781e6f93b9b7253e32353

SHA-1 Check sum:

a1e8ad58d67861e29ad656db9d507b61953f43cc

[Kubs7pl]

Ok I used uninstaller to uninstall Spotify from Microsoft Store fully and installer works.

[Yordan · Accepted solution]

Hey folks,

This should now be resolved for everyone - thanks for confirming!

Still, we'd like to prevent this from happening in the future, so it'd be great if you could share the following info:

• Exact file size in bytes;
• Approximate download timestamp (including your time zone) + your region;
• Whether the download was started fresh or resumed?
• Whether deleting the partial download and downloading fresh resolves it.

Thanks in advance! 🙏

[AlexDeFoc]

* Working installer size in bytes (1.445.864 bytes)

* Working installer download timestamp -> day: 2026.04.30 ; time: ‏‎13:14:20 ; time zone: GMT+3 ; region: Romania (Europe)

* I downloaded and installed fresh the installer

* Deleting previous files didn't solve, they weren't the main issue. But it seemed for some people, installing the Microsoft Store version the uninstalling and trying the standalone installer fixed it.