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PlanPremiumCountrySlovakiaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHi, recently there has occured a problem on my mum´s premium account. She cant play songs that are not in her playlists or favourites. This problem is only on PC, her sp...
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PlanPremiumCountrySpain DeviceLaptop Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Enterprise (10.0.14393 Build 14393) My Question or IssueI had problems when installing Spotify on the computer, I did the workarround of installing with windows in safe mode an...
Plan Premium Country Spain Device Laptop Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise (10.0.14393 Build 14393) My Question or Issue I had problems when installing Spo...
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PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceHP ZBookOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI can't get Spotify Desktop to play any songs. On the same machine, the web player will work just fine. I have: Checked, there are no weird HOSTS entriesI've logged ...
Plan Premium Country Sweden Device HP ZBook Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I can't get Spotify Desktop to play any songs. On the same machine, the web p...
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PlanPremiumPaísMexicoDispositivoPCSistema operativoWindows 10 Mi pregunta o problemaCuento con Spotify Premium y al darle play a cualquier canción en mi pc (sea en lista de reproduccion, busqueda, link, etc.) me manda un mensaje diciendo: "no es posi...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceComputerOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro My Question or IssueWhile listening to music on spotify on my computer, all my songs randomly pause after around 6 seconds. This does not happen when I listen to it on my phone. I have...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Computer Operating System Windows 10 Pro My Question or Issue While listening to music on spotify on my computer, all my songs randomly pause after ar...
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PlanPremiumCountryRomania DeviceLenovo Y700-15iskOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAnnouncements section has vertical and horizontal scroll bars.http://prntscr.com/ndhyivThe problem is present even if I fully maximized the window.I tried...
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I've never had this problem before until now, but for some reason Spotify has added all but one of my local files. It's the same file format just like all the other local files on my phone.
I've never had this problem before until now, but for some reason Spotify has added all but one of my local files. It's the same file format just like all the other local files on my phone.
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so this problem came up yesterday. I believe this was also the same day I updated chrome. Before yesterday i could use the media keys on my corsair k70 to pause and play songs no matter what i was doing. Now whenever have a tab (like youtube or twitc...
so this problem came up yesterday. I believe this was also the same day I updated chrome. Before yesterday i could use the media keys on my corsair k70 to pause and play songs no matter what i w...
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PlanPremium Operating System(Windows 7) My Question or IssueHello, recently I closed everything off of my computer, as to allow an update. Everything opened back uo normally except for Spotify. At first I got a notification that the launcher was unab...
Plan Premium Operating System (Windows 7) My Question or Issue Hello, recently I closed everything off of my computer, as to allow an update. Everything opened back uo normally e...
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PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDevicePC Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hi guys, I joined yesterday, version 1.1.4.197.g92d52c4f; and am having trouble with the Friend Activity. I have friend who is also a premium user, same version as I;...
Plan Premium Country Australia Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hi guys, I joined yesterday, version 1.1.4.197.g92d52c4f; and am having ...
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Plan Premium Country New Zealand Device PC Operating System Windows 7 My Question or Issue Spotify has been running fine until the last update. Which installs automatically - n...
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PlanFreeCountrycanadaOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue there is a lot of chinese song that i cant play. The color of the name of the song is grey instead of white and the song would never load and most of the song in my daily mix are li...
Plan Free Country canada Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue there is a lot of chinese song that i cant play. The color of the name of the song is grey instead of wh...
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I have owned my Dell XPS 15 for 2 years. Today when I turn my laptop on and launch spotfy whilst watching a youtube video, my pause media key starts pausing youtube instead of spotfy (I have never been able to pause youtube before with media keys so ...
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