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PlanPremiumCountry USDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify will work ok for a few songs, then half way into a song the audio will cut out. Sometimes I will get a message that it cannot play song, others it will looks like it...
Plan Premium Country US Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify will work ok for a few songs, then half way into a song the audio will cut out....
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PlanPremiumCountry UKDeviceWindows 10 PCMy Question or Issue Recently Spotify Desktop has been skipping and looping songs like a broken record. I have tried various listening devices to ensure that it is not my PC causing this. Why would Spotify sudd...
Plan Premium Country UK Device Windows 10 PC My Question or Issue Recently Spotify Desktop has been skipping and looping songs like a broken record. I have tried various li...
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PlanPremiumCountryGermany DeviceWindows AppOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I've found an old and closed issue "Buy & download as MP3s".This is what I want. Find the downloaded MP3s on the hard drive.I would also pay extra fee for the ...
Plan Premium Country Germany Device Windows App Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I've found an old and closed issue "Buy & download as MP3s". This is...
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The left corner song banner setting was introduced and fixed with the issue below:https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Can-t-play-the-current-song/td-p/1302172 However, this setting is not respected after every Spotify upgrade. I always h...
The left corner song banner setting was introduced and fixed with the issue below: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Can-t-play-the-current-song/td-p/1302172 However, this se...
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PlanPremiumCountry SwedenDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I cannot find the big shuffle button. On my phone theres a big button called "Shuffle" and if i press it, it automatically plays the playlist and starts on a random song...
Plan Premium Country Sweden Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I cannot find the big shuffle button. On my phone theres a big button called "Shuff...
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PlanPremiumCountry BrazilDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 PRO Redstone 5 My Question or Issue Hey the "Show Desktop overlay when using media keys" option is broken. I have it set to OFF which does nothing when Spotify opens. You have to go in, turn...
Plan Premium Country Brazil Device PC Operating System Windows 10 PRO Redstone 5 My Question or Issue Hey the "Show Desktop overlay when using media keys" option is bro...
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Hello! I am having trouble installing Spotify after uninstalling it to do a clean reinstall. I am on Windows 7 and keep getting "Error code: 18". It says Spotify is unable to install because files to be written are in use by another process. I have r...
Hello! I am having trouble installing Spotify after uninstalling it to do a clean reinstall. I am on Windows 7 and keep getting "Error code: 18". It says Spotify is unable to install because files to...
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HI, I've had a premium account for a while, but since my parents were interested as well, I created an account for my dad and upgraded to family, so we could all join. I'ts been almost 2 months and I'm still not getting an invitation to join. I've tr...
HI, I've had a premium account for a while, but since my parents were interested as well, I created an account for my dad and upgraded to family, so we could all join. I'ts b...
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Every time I restar my PC the media overlay keeps apearing when using media keys. I go to settings, and check that that feature is disabled. I need to enabled it, and then disable it again to get the media overlay disappear.But when I restar my PC th...
Every time I restar my PC the media overlay keeps apearing when using media keys. I go to settings, and check that that feature is disabled. I need to enabled it, and then disable it again to get the...
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Plan PremiumCountry Poland Operating System Windows 10 Education My Question or Issue Why do I have storage use around 200MB/s (Spotify.exe)? All the time. Also if I download my own playlists and they stay green (saved) after some few days it is disa...
Plan Premium Country Poland Operating System Windows 10 Education My Question or Issue Why do I have storage use around 200MB/s (Spotify.exe)? All the t...
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PlanPremiumCountry UKDeviceASUS X541S laptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI don't see anyone with this particular problem: I can load and play any local file on my laptop through the 'local files' library just fine. However in the la...
Plan Premium Country UK Device ASUS X541S laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I don't see anyone with this particular problem: I can load and play any local...
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Plan Premium Country Turkey Device Notebook Operating System Windows 7 x64 My Question or Issue Hi, I use w7 x64. And when spotify open(even doesnt play) i try to clos...
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Plan Premium Country Czech Republic Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue After each app restart Windows volume panel always shows up, even when it's...
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