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Windows Troubleshooting Guide

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...

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Solved!! Desktop: Jam now available

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...

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Desktop: New "Now Playing View" sidebar

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...

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New Your Library sidebar

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...

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Solved!! Friend Feed won't load, Recently Played is empty, radios won't start

Hi there! I have been using Spotify for years and I have had the Premium plan for about two years now. Everything works on my Android and in a Chrome tab, but I have a lot of problems with the Desktop version lately (Windows 10). I'm using the French...

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Hi there!   I have been using Spotify for years and I have had the Premium plan for about two years now. Everything works on my Android and in a Chrome tab, but I have a lot of problems with t...

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Enable Spotify in Chrome?

I've been using Spotify webplayer at work for the last couple of yeas (we're not allowed to download the app to the computers) but suddenly today it won't allow me to log in on Chrome. It says "Enable player in your browser", and I followed the instr...

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I've been using Spotify webplayer at work for the last couple of yeas (we're not allowed to download the app to the computers) but suddenly today it won't allow me to log in on Chrome. It says "Enabl...

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[Desktop] Spotify is becoming worse and worse every update.

PlanFreeCountry EgyptDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify, a company that's designed for music, has become worse and worse every **bleep** year. first off starting with the error code 17 where it can't be fixed, uninstalled...

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  Plan Free Country  Egypt Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Spotify, a company that's designed for music, has become worse and worse every ...

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Solved!! [Desktop] Spotify could not be started. Error Code: 17.

Basically, I installed spotify, later on, when it downloaded, I had the issue where it says "Spotify could not be started. Error Code: 17.Device: Desktop.OS Version: Windows 10.

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  Basically, I installed spotify, later on, when it downloaded, I had the issue where it says "Spotify could not be started. Error Code: 17. Device: Desktop. OS Version: Windows 10. 

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Superuser Contribution Spotify Desktop über USB Lautsprecher - kein Ton!

PlanPremiumCountryDeutschland Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIch habe zwei Lautsprecher über eine USB-Soundkarte(DJ Controller) angeschlossen. Möchte ich im Spotify Programm am PC jetzt Musik abspielen, skippt der Song einfach auf den...

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Plan Premium Country Deutschland   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Ich habe zwei Lautsprecher über eine USB-Soundkarte(DJ Controller) angeschlossen. Möchte ich i...

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Is there a non-windows store version?

PlanFamily PremiumCountry BelgiumDeviceWindows 10 PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue:I'm having a major problem with trying to install Spotify without it being through the Windows Store? Seemingly every .exe i find online ends up runni...

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Plan Family Premium Country  Belgium Device Windows 10 PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue: I'm having a major problem with trying to install Spotify without it ...

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Why can I no longer share an album or playlist with a friend within Spotify?

PlanFree/Premium PREMIUMCountry USA Device PC Operating System WIndows 7 My Question or IssueUnless I am wrong I can not share a playlist or album with a fellow Spotify user within Spotify desktop software.I DO NOT WISH TO CONNECT WITH FACEBOOK, AND ...

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Plan Free/Premium PREMIUM Country USA   Device PC   Operating System WIndows 7     My Question or Issue Unless I am wrong I can not share a playlist or album with ...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify Not Maintaining Window Size & Position

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue The application window, when opened from the system tray, doesn't maintain its previous sizing. This means that if you open the application, maximize the window, an...

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Plan Premium Country  USA Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  The application window, when opened from the system tray, doesn't maintain its...

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Superuser Contribution Nie mogę pobrać playlisty

PlanPremiumCountry PolandOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueW momencie kiedy chce pobrać playliste wyskakuje mi "Oczekiwanie na połacznie.." i tak trwa to od dobrych paru godzin, połącznie z internetem mam, więc na jakie połącznie spotify...

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  Plan Premium Country  Poland Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue W momencie kiedy chce pobrać playliste wyskakuje mi "Oczekiwanie na połacznie.." i tak trwa t...

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Superuser Contribution Playlist Folder not displaying correctly

Premium on Windows 10.I have Playlist Folders inside another folder. So the overarching Structure is Genre->SubGenre->Artist Playlist. This has worked fine for the past 4 years but recently when i select just the Genre i get an empty screen and none ...

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Premium on Windows 10. I have Playlist Folders inside another folder. So the overarching Structure is Genre->SubGenre->Artist Playlist. This has worked fine for the past 4 years but recently w...

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Superuser Contribution System sounds, Discord and other programs silencing Spotify

Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueRecently, programs such as Discord and even some games along with system sounds are slightly silencing Spotify. Any sound that goes through Discord including people talking lower Spotify's volume. The at...

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Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Recently, programs such as Discord and even some games along with system sounds are slightly silencing Spotify. Any sound that goes through...

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Superuser Contribution media player and spotify pause on use of the "N" key

PlanPremiumCountry canadaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue a while ago i had donloaded spotify on my PC for background music while i work but it would pause on the use of the "n" key and while typing you can guess how annoying th...

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  Plan Premium Country  canada Device PC Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue  a while ago i had donloaded spotify on my PC for background music while i wo...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Audio not playing

PlanFreeCountry USADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindowsMy Question or Issue Spotify audio is not playing. I have:reinstalled Spotify.made sure it is not the headphones or windows sound.restarted the computer.What else can I do?

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Plan Free Country  USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows My Question or Issue  Spotify audio is not playing. I have: reinstalled Spotify. made sure it is not the headphones...

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Superuser Contribution Song starts playing over current track

PlanPremiumCountry UKDeviceAcer Swift 3 (also happened on Lenovo WorkPad)Operating SystemWindows 10 (also seen on 7) My Question or Issue Sometimes (I think always after a track in a playlist has played as a video which I've skipped over because vide...

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Plan Premium Country  UK Device Acer Swift 3 (also happened on Lenovo WorkPad) Operating System Windows 10 (also seen on 7)   My Question or Issue   Sometimes (I think alway...

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Solved!! Spotify App doesn't start up Win 10

PlanPremiumCountry GermanyDeviceAcer LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 64bit Version 1803 (Build 17134.228) My Question or Issue I have tried to install spotify on my laptop with windows 10 before. However, I always get the same error where the spotif...

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Plan Premium Country  Germany Device Acer Laptop Operating System Windows 10 64bit Version 1803 (Build 17134.228)   My Question or Issue  I have tried to install spotify on m...

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Spotify Opens Up Automatically Even After Turning Off Auto Open On Startup

Hi, Spotify has been opening up on start-up automatically for NO REASON. I have turned off the setting ( http://prntscr.com/krpzxf ) but it still opens up on start up and its getting annoying, my pc is already not that fast on start up but with spoti...

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Hi,   Spotify has been opening up on start-up automatically for NO REASON. I have turned off the setting ( http://prntscr.com/krpzxf ) but it still opens up on start up and its getting an...

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Playing stops after a long track

PlanPremiumOperating SystemWindows 10 desktop Spotify stops playing after a long track (over 10 minutes) and empties the queue and history.Restarting shows the queue again. I reinstalled but that did not help.

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Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10 desktop   Spotify stops playing after a long track (over 10 minutes) and empties the queue and history. Restarting shows the queue again. I reinsta...

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Solved!! CS:GO crashes Spotify App

Operating SystemWin 10 1803Installed VersionStore App My Question or Issue When I start Counter Strike: Global Offensive and change windows via Alt+Tab, the Spotify app stops responding to any input. It still plays music and changes information shown...

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  Operating System Win 10 1803 Installed Version Store App   My Question or Issue  When I start Counter Strike: Global Offensive and change windows via Alt+Tab, the Spotify app ...

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Music stops after exactly 10 Seconds

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceFirefox on different systemsOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Using the Webplayer my music stops after 10 seconds. I can start a new song, but that stops too.When I change the device from webplayer to mobi...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device Firefox on different systems Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   Using the Webplayer my music stops after 10 seconds. I can s...

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