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Discuss Spotify for Windows
Plan Premium Device PC / Android My Question or Issue This happened a few days ago. Normally when i clicked an Artist > Discography > Show All > And play a song, the next song was from the next album of the artist. Now, the next song is a random one ...
Casual Listener
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Premium member, France, Windows 10 64 bits updated, Focusrite Audio solo usb external soundcard updated, Desktop app updated I talk with the customer service, we try to solve my problem and they told me that it should be an issue that I have to talk ...
Regular
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PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceDesktop PC IntelOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueFollowed clean re-install instructions after getting black screen at startup. Installed the latest June 15 version from the Windows Store. Ran once without p...
Casual Listener
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Having trouble with the Spotify desktop app? Here’s a step-by-step guide of general troubleshooting steps known to resolve a multitude of issues. Basic troubleshooting Restart the Spotify app as well as your PC. Make sure both the app and Windows are...
PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktop, iPhone 11 Pro Max, Macbook Air, Roku w/ SpotifyOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen playing Spotify on another device, my Desktop will no longer sleep due to Spotify claiming there is "Back...
Plan Premium Country United States Device Desktop, iPhone 11 Pro Max, Macbook Air, Roku w/ Spotify Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When playing Spotify on another de...
Casual Listener
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Suddenly today, a large number of the albums showing up on Spotify, when clicked on present me with an "Album not found" message. They do appear to be present on the service however, as the individual tracks can be accessed from the list of search re...
Suddenly today, a large number of the albums showing up on Spotify, when clicked on present me with an "Album not found" message. They do appear to be present on the service however, as the individua...
Regular
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78 replies
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Although tracks appear to be playing, I get no sound from Nvidia Shield to TV. Have uninstalled and reinstalled but no change. All other apps work
Although tracks appear to be playing, I get no sound from Nvidia Shield to TV. Have uninstalled and reinstalled but no change. All other apps work
Gig Goer
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94 replies
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Plan Premium Device PC / Android My Question or Issue This happened a few days ago. Normally when i clicked an Artist > Discography > Show All > And play a song, the next song was from the next album of the artist. Now, the next song is a random one ...
Plan Premium Device PC / Android My Question or Issue This happened a few days ago. Normally when i clicked an Artist > Discography > Show All > And play a song, ...
Casual Listener
9455 Views
95 replies
43 likes
PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceDesktop PC IntelOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueFollowed clean re-install instructions after getting black screen at startup. Installed the latest June 15 version from the Windows Store. Ran once without p...
Plan Premium Country Canada Device Desktop PC Intel Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue Followed clean re-install instructions after getting black screen at star...
Casual Listener
1991 Views
34 replies
2 likes
I am a developer and i need Spotify.exe's location. For me its in C:\Users\yourPCname\AppData\Roaming\Spotify folder. But i saw couple people who downloaded Spotify from Microsoft Store, they dont have Spotify.exe in the location that i share.Where a...
I am a developer and i need Spotify.exe's location. For me its in C:\Users\yourPCname\AppData\Roaming\Spotify folder. But i saw couple people who downloaded Spotify from Microsoft Store, they dont ha...
Visitor
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8 replies
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DevicePCOperating SystemWin 11 My Question or IssueHow do you remove the blacked out bar above track playing bar. It cuts out songs listed on screen in the playlist and its hard enough to get more items on screen when in landscape, I'm topped out on ...
Device PC Operating System Win 11 My Question or Issue How do you remove the blacked out bar above track playing bar. It cuts out songs listed on screen in the playlist and its har...
Moderator
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PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceDesktop (not the Web Player)Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI click the plus to save a song to my Liked Songs playlist and it turns green, but when I check (because I don't trust Spotify anymore) it is not i...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop (not the Web Player) Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I click the plus to save a song to my Liked Songs playlist and i...
Moderator
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I keep getting the "something went wrong" error in desktop app for windows for almost a week. The app works perfectly fine on my iPhone 11 but I cannot use the desktop app.
I keep getting the "something went wrong" error in desktop app for windows for almost a week. The app works perfectly fine on my iPhone 11 but I cannot use the desktop app.
Newbie
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22 replies
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PlanPremiumCountrySweden Device2021 laptopOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueI accidentally hit "switch to music video" on the desktop app. But no music videos will load, so neither will the switch button. In MV mode, spotify apparently refu...
Plan Premium Country Sweden Device 2021 laptop Operating System Windows My Question or Issue I accidentally hit "switch to music video" on the desktop app. But no music video...
Newbie
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16 replies
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I returned to my office after being off for the summer and loaded up Spotify on my Windows 10 work computer. I started playing an album. After the second track, Spotify played several ads--I think more then five. That is an unreasonable amount of ads...
I returned to my office after being off for the summer and loaded up Spotify on my Windows 10 work computer. I started playing an album. After the second track, Spotify played several ads--I think mo...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I try to play a song I get the following error message "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it"I have tried all t...
Plan Premium Country UK Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When I try to play a song I get the following error message "Spotify can't play this right now...
Casual Listener
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Hi, just built a new computer, and I wanted to listen to some music, so I downloaded spotify. The problem is, spotify is playing music through my monitor, and not my headset. I am sure that the headset works, I had just gotten off a skype call. Can a...
Hi, just built a new computer, and I wanted to listen to some music, so I downloaded spotify. The problem is, spotify is playing music through my monitor, and not my headset. I am sure that the heads...
Casual Listener
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I have a playlist with 10,000 songs and use shuffle to listen to them. What I realized the past weeks is that the same songs are played over and over again - and not because I listen to this playlist 24/7 but because the shuffle mode seems to not pic...
I have a playlist with 10,000 songs and use shuffle to listen to them. What I realized the past weeks is that the same songs are played over and over again - and not because I listen to this playlist...
Newbie
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264 replies
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Every time I try to play a song, I get a pop-up saying "Can't play this content. Exclusive mode is on, so this content won't play. Turn it off in settings to keep listening" but when I check in the settings, exclusive mode isn't enabled. I've tried s...
Every time I try to play a song, I get a pop-up saying "Can't play this content. Exclusive mode is on, so this content won't play. Turn it off in settings to keep listening" but when I check in the s...
Casual Listener
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Hello,it is nice that Spotify implemented the exclusive mode for listening on a Windows laptop. It works fine for me with a Creative BT-W5 dongle witch is connected via Bluetooth to an Bowers&Wilkinis PX7 S3 and it uses APTX-Adaptive. Now when I conn...
Hello, it is nice that Spotify implemented the exclusive mode for listening on a Windows laptop. It works fine for me with a Creative BT-W5 dongle witch is connected via Bluetooth to an Bow...
Moderator
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when i want to play a video on my laptop on spotify, an error message appears(image below). I can watch videos on my phone with no issues, but not on my laptopPlanPremium DuoCountrySerbiaDevicethinkpad x1 yogaOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or...
when i want to play a video on my laptop on spotify, an error message appears(image below). I can watch videos on my phone with no issues, but not on my laptop Plan Premium Duo Country Serbia De...
Regular
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So sometimes i can go on my phone and sometimes i can't. I listen to Spotify mostly on my computer, so i fallow people and want to text them but since of Spotify does not allow you to text on computers that's annoying. Has anyone found a way around i...
So sometimes i can go on my phone and sometimes i can't. I listen to Spotify mostly on my computer, so i fallow people and want to text them but since of Spotify does not allow you to text on compute...
Visitor
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PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceIphone 17 Pro, Lenovo ThinkpadOperating System(iOS 26, Windows 11, Edge Browser)Hi everyone,I am experiencing an annoying issue where my podcast listening progress isn't syncing across my devices. Whenever I listen to p...
Plan Premium Country Germany Device Iphone 17 Pro, Lenovo Thinkpad Operating System (iOS 26, Windows 11, Edge Browser) Hi everyone, I am experiencing an annoying issue where my podcast l...
Moderator
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PlanPremiumCountryU.S.DevicePersonal ComputerOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueWhen I attempt to play a song, I get a popup notifying me that my version of Spotify is outdated. I can either click Update or Dismiss. If I click Dismiss, it...
Plan Premium Country U.S. Device Personal Computer Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue When I attempt to play a song, I get a popup notifying me that my version of Spoti...
Visitor
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