Spotify launch error message 0xc0000001

[wesleyb82]

Windows 7 64b, error message upon launch. Attempted: reinstalling, uninstalling (spotify.exe launches and crashes within a second), rename spotify directory within roaming directory then reinstalling. All advice welcome and appreciated 

[viritys]

Yea, Spotify broke itself with the latest update. I tried all that you mentioned + removed the Spotify dir from local and the registry keys it had generated, no luck. My OS is 64-bit W10.

[Cody_M]

Same Problem here...
Tried the same today and had no luck.Anybody got the solution?

I´m using W10Pro 64-bit

[AngryAxel]

same error here... close to switching to Apple Music... paying for something i can not use :'D awesome.... reinstalled it already 5 times... W10 Pro 64bit

[cometbot]

Any updates or fixes? I am having the same issue.

[damienburke]

same problem. same attempted solutions. was able to get around it with this full installer exe link: http://download.spotify.com/Spotify%20Installer.exe

[Slothnik]

Also having this problem. Just updated and now won't run.

[Kope93]

Windows 7 64bit, same problem. Uninstalling and reinstalling does nothing. 

[roowilliams]

Same, this needs to be fixed!

[parcp67]

Win7 x64, exactly the same problem here since yesterday, I guess it came after most recent update. Uninstall + reinstall does nothing. Spotify unusable now.

[parcp67]

Did the trick for me as well, thanks!

[Slothnik]

The link just installs an old version, which still won't then update properly to the latest version. 

Currently stuck using that old version, which works, but isn't great.

[roowilliams · Accepted solution]

EDIT: Although I had the newer version running, when I restarted my computer I got the same error when Spotify tried to restart. Using the web player for now 😞

I've managed to get a newer version - I installed the old version from the full installer posted previously (http://download.spotify.com/Spotify%20Installer.exe). There didn't seem to be any support for devices and the interface was blurry on my 4K screen so was not ideal! This version then automatically 'updates' to the current broken version.

I noticed that the updates seem to be incremental; it updates to a newer, non-broken version before updating to the broken one. So I waited for this semi-new version to be installed then followed the instructions in this post to disable automatic updates before the update for the broken version was downloaded: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Linux-Windows-Web-Player/Prevent-spotify-from-updating/td-p...

I've only had it running for 5 minutes, but hopefully I now have a newer, non-broken standalone version until this gets resolved.

[ekko333]

Same problem here. Your workaround is working, but it´s not really a fix. Windows 10 64bit

[Krillestoffe]

This isn't the first time this has happened.. and the last time Spotify told me "Well, we can't seem to replicate the problem".

Thanks a lot..

The last time I got it working some time after Spotify released an update. Running Windows 10 Pro and obviously this problem has never occured on ny Mac.

Be sure that your Windows installation is not downloading and installing system updates at the time of your Spotify re-installation, though.

Successfully running the old af 0.9 version as linked previously in this thread.

Right now, it's a waiting game.. I will edit this post if I am able to install the latest version, but I doubt it.

[Slothnik]

Has anyone had any luck sorting this? I accidentally closed Spotify earlier and it updated itself again, so I'm back to the error on startup. 

[parcp67]

No, this bug reappears after every update which happens a couple of times a week if not daily. I found version 1.0.60.492 to be the last working version for me which I have to reinstall after every update. I found a full download at http://www.filehorse.com/download-spotify.

[viritys]

I managed to fix mine permanently ie has survived the forced update without hassle, though I'm not entirely sure why. My rig is 64-bit W10. I both re-installed and am using it with W7 compatibility settings. OTOH there's been W7- users here with the same problem, but anyway It ended up doing the trick for me.

[ekko333 · Accepted solution]

I found a solution, hopefully works also for all the others with this problem.

Go to...

C:\Users\*YOURUSERNAME*\AppData\Roaming\Spotify

... and rename the Spotify.exe in Spotify1.exe

This simple trick works for me. Spotify now starts in all versions without any errors.

[roowilliams]

AMAZING! Not sure how you discovered that but totally works. Thank you!