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Discuss Spotify for Windows
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 ar...
Spotify is bringing Jam to the desktop app! 拾 ️ Now you can start or join a listening party with your friends, family, colleagues, and classmates, with the Spotify desktop app in addition to the mobile app. Although you can listen on your own, Jam in...
Spotify is introducing a new "Now Playing View" sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player to go along with the recently released "Your Library" sidebar. Together, the individually customizable design of these new views provides a richer experience, m...
Spotify is introducing a new Your Library sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player. The new Your Library sidebar is rolling out to all desktop users now, so you will be seeing it soon if you haven't already. The new Your Library sidebar improves nav...
I am quite happy that you finally brought back the warning about adding duplicates., however this feature is buggy. If I select two duplicates in an existing playlist and add only these two songs to a new playlist in the same step, no warning is show...
I am quite happy that you finally brought back the warning about adding duplicates., however this feature is buggy. If I select two duplicates in an existing playlist and add only these two songs to ...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryUSADeviceAlienware Aurora R10 (Ryzen Edition)Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIt doesn't matter how many times I turn "Show desktop overlay when using media keys" on and off, it just won't show. At the moment I ha...
Plan Free/Premium Country USA Device Alienware Aurora R10 (Ryzen Edition) Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue It doesn't matter how many times I turn "Show desktop overl...
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PlanPremiumCountryRomaniaDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueI deleted my Spotify AppData because it was eating a lot of space and I really needed it (around 10+ GB).My liked songs disappeared from the desktop app. I see I s...
Plan Premium Country Romania Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I deleted my Spotify AppData because it was eating a lot of space and I really needed it (arou...
Casual Listener
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Whenever I open Spotify on my Windows 10 computer I get an error that reads: "C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\winmmbase.dll is either not designed to run on windows or it contains an error..." (see image attached) Attempting to uninstall Spotify does not work be...
Whenever I open Spotify on my Windows 10 computer I get an error that reads: "C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\winmmbase.dll is either not designed to run on windows or it contains an error..." (see imag...
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The search (the general search not the search inside playlists) feature often shows just the previous search's result no matter what is written. For example I searched for "The Heavy Short Change Hero" and as a result it gave me the song as it should...
The search (the general search not the search inside playlists) feature often shows just the previous search's result no matter what is written. For example I searched for "The Heavy Short Change Her...
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PlanPremiumCountryRussiaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueOn the 8th of February Last.fm stopped scrobbling music from Spotify. I reset both Last.fm and Spotify applications on the 10th of February and now scrobbling is working f...
Plan Premium Country Russia Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue On the 8th of February Last.fm stopped scrobbling music from Spotify. I reset both Last.fm and ...
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PlanPremiumCountrySouth KoreaDeviceWindows 10 DesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify just opened its service and I enrolled Premium membership. I downloaded app for my Android phone and signed up using my Google account. Today...
Plan Premium Country South Korea Device Windows 10 Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify just opened its service and I enrolled Premium membership....
Spotify Legend
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I dont get why but my spotify app from windows store looks like im listining to the web player version instead of the app i dont get why it looks diffrent than it used too
I dont get why but my spotify app from windows store looks like im listining to the web player version instead of the app i dont get why it looks diffrent than it used too
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Hi! Spotify repeatedly requests my camera on Windows 10. I noticed it from Lenovo SafeCam that records all camera requests. I am using Spotify that I downloaded from official source, and keep it updated. I scanned the software using Norton 360 and it...
Hi! Spotify repeatedly requests my camera on Windows 10. I noticed it from Lenovo SafeCam that records all camera requests. I am using Spotify that I downloaded from official source, and kee...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceGigabyte GA-78LMT-S2 (r1.0)Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueRecently started issue of Spotify user interface not loading while offline. The application still works through the dropdown menu and loads normally ...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2 (r1.0) Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Recently started issue of Spotify user interface not loading while offlin...
Spotify Legend
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I keep getting "Can't play current song" all the time on Spotify. The song I'm currently listening to stops for some time, then resumes, then I get this again. This continues for forever. I found no fixes for this nowhere. It keeps getting really ann...
I keep getting "Can't play current song" all the time on Spotify. The song I'm currently listening to stops for some time, then resumes, then I get this again. This continues for forever. I found no ...
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PlanFreeCountry (USA) Device(Aspire E 15 Laptop)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueSo, I'm getting what I assume to be false positives from Bitdefender Free in the form of: Suspicious.Cloud.xxxxxxxx, path: C:\Users\me\AppData\Roaming\Sp...
Plan Free Country (USA) Device (Aspire E 15 Laptop) Operating System (Windows 10) My Question or Issue So, I'm getting what I assume to be false positives from Bitdefender Fre...
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PlanFreeCountryU.S.ADeviceASUS Zenbook Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAs the subject says, yesterday my friend activity was forced open, and the usual ways of closing it (double clicking) don't close it. It covers a quarter of my scre...
Plan Free Country U.S.A Device ASUS Zenbook Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue As the subject says, yesterday my friend activity was forced open, and the ...
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PlanFreeCountryUkDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueEverytime I open Spotify it goes to a black screen, and everytime I close it, it stops responding. When it is closed, I go into task manager and see that 4-5 processes are still ...
Plan Free Country Uk Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Everytime I open Spotify it goes to a black screen, and everytime I close it, it stops respond...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceDesktopOperating SystemW10 My Question or IssueSongs I listened to through search or whatever other playlist the song is added to my main playlist without me doing anything. I listened to a post malone album the other da...
Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Desktop Operating System W10 My Question or Issue Songs I listened to through search or whatever other playlist the song is added to my main playli...
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Some album art from local files won't load properly and will display the album art of the previous song. I tried EVERYTHING and I can't seem to fix it. Here is a list of what I tried :-Changing the directory-Reinstalling Spotify-Making sure there are...
Some album art from local files won't load properly and will display the album art of the previous song. I tried EVERYTHING and I can't seem to fix it. Here is a list of what I tried :...
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Windows Laptop.When I turn on my laptop, Spotify turns on.I made everything that I could to turn off startup, but it didn't help.Please help me to solve it :C
Windows Laptop. When I turn on my laptop, Spotify turns on. I made everything that I could to turn off startup, but it didn't help. Please help me to solve it :C
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PlanPremiumCountryRomaniaDeviceWindows / Samsung S10eOperating SystemWindows / Android (latest) My Question or IssueI just love Spotiamp and can't ditch it for anything in the world right now. The fact that it is so sleek and light makes it incredibl...
Plan Premium Country Romania Device Windows / Samsung S10e Operating System Windows / Android (latest) My Question or Issue I just love Spotiamp and can't ditch it for anythi...
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If the scroll bar isn't already on the top of the list when you search for something in a playlist using Ctrl+F, you can't see the results unless you scroll back up. Just add a "home" function before the search activates so you can actually see resul...
If the scroll bar isn't already on the top of the list when you search for something in a playlist using Ctrl+F, you can't see the results unless you scroll back up. Just add a "home" function before...
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PlanPremiumCountryU.S.A.DeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueEvery time I launch the Spotify desktop app, I get greeted by a black screen. Sometimes if I let it sit for a few minutes it will eventually load, but most of the t...
Plan Premium Country U.S.A. Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Every time I launch the Spotify desktop app, I get greeted by a black screen. Sometimes if I le...
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