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Discuss Spotify for Windows
PlanPremiumCountryPolandOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI just noticed that a new "smart shuffle mode" putting unwanted "smart recommendations" in my queue was added to my desktop app. How to turn it off permanently or at least make th...
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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...
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There no X or way to close or stop a video on Spotify for Windows (64 bit) 1.2.64.408.g0a9b557c
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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 ar...
How do I get rid of the volume side bar on my screen? I already have the display option, “show desktop overlay when using media keys” turned off.
How do I get rid of the volume side bar on my screen? I already have the display option, “show desktop overlay when using media keys” turned off.
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Hi, when I start up Spotify I get an error message.Spotify can not transfer all data whats wrong?
Hi, when I start up Spotify I get an error message. Spotify can not transfer all data whats wrong?
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It's happened several times on the windows desktop version of Spotify. It gets to an ad, but the ad doesn't play, it gets stuck on 0:00 and i can't force it play or pause, or play any other music. Everytime I have to close and reopen spotify.
It's happened several times on the windows desktop version of Spotify. It gets to an ad, but the ad doesn't play, it gets stuck on 0:00 and i can't force it play or pause, or play any other music. Ev...
Newbie
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Move to begin of a word in search field, doesn't work with ctrl-left/right arrow.Standard Windows use is to move to the biginning of a word in a field is to use ctrl-arrow combination.Unfortunately when you do this, there is a shift in the playlist. ...
Move to begin of a word in search field, doesn't work with ctrl-left/right arrow. Standard Windows use is to move to the biginning of a word in a field is to use ctrl-arrow combination. Unfortunate...
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Forgive me if I've overlooked any recents threads about this. Is there no normalization setting in the desktop app? There's actually three different settings in the iOS app. That's weird. Desktop apps are usually more full featured than their mobile ...
Forgive me if I've overlooked any recents threads about this. Is there no normalization setting in the desktop app? There's actually three different settings in the iOS app. That's weird. De...
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Hi there! Since I have Spotify premium, all my songs played in a private session are scrobbled to last.fm and that didn't happened before! Besides, even when I disconnect last.fm from my spotify, it keeps scrobbling. It's very annoying.Do you have so...
Hi there! Since I have Spotify premium, all my songs played in a private session are scrobbled to last.fm and that didn't happened before! Besides, even when I disconnect last.fm from my spo...
Casual Listener
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So just recently, whenever I shut my computer down and boot it back up and all the apps that are set to start during os startup like chrome and spotify, I get this message from spotify, which is actually a windows error window with no error code, tha...
So just recently, whenever I shut my computer down and boot it back up and all the apps that are set to start during os startup like chrome and spotify, I get this message from spotify, which is actu...
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Hey PeopleI've noticed a small but annoying change for me.some of my Followed Artist show the usual artist page with the popular songs and related artist and on (which i like).. and some followed artists show only a list of sings, a playlist. here ar...
Hey People I've noticed a small but annoying change for me. some of my Followed Artist show the usual artist page with the popular songs and related artist and on (which i like).. and some followed...
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How can I select more than one song and then move them to playlist?
How can I select more than one song and then move them to playlist?
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so i just got spotify so am pretty new to iti uninstalled and reinstalled, logged out and in, and rebooted my system still the ads still dont play is getting annoying i dont want to having to keep logging in and out all time am not expect any spotify...
so i just got spotify so am pretty new to it i uninstalled and reinstalled, logged out and in, and rebooted my system still the ads still dont play is getting annoying i dont w...
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For some reason, today the friends that appeared under the "Monthly Listeners" statistic on every artists' page have suddenly disappeared and I can't see them for any artist whatsoever. Has this feature been taken off? Zach
For some reason, today the friends that appeared under the "Monthly Listeners" statistic on every artists' page have suddenly disappeared and I can't see them for any artist whatsoever. Has this...
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Since I have multiroom speakers, I cant repeat a song anymore. To activate the button "repeat one" doesnt work anymore. To me its an essential feature, so whats going wrong here?
Since I have multiroom speakers, I cant repeat a song anymore. To activate the button "repeat one" doesnt work anymore. To me its an essential feature, so whats going wrong here?
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I recently got a new computer and I have two playlists. One with ~300 songs and another with ~650. I noticed that it was skipping a lot of songs saying that they weren't available. I turned on shows unplayable songs and it shows about 90 songs as unp...
I recently got a new computer and I have two playlists. One with ~300 songs and another with ~650. I noticed that it was skipping a lot of songs saying that they weren't available. I turned on shows ...
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Gapless playback is essential for many Live albums and Classical concerts, as well as lots of other "concept" albums. Looking back over various forum posts and Help pages, it seems Gaplesss Playback was implemented a few years ago, and originally it ...
Gapless playback is essential for many Live albums and Classical concerts, as well as lots of other "concept" albums. Looking back over various forum posts and Help pages, it seems Gaplesss ...
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The volume is 50% lower in the desktop spotify Windows player, and on the web spotify player i have 100% volume, everything in the volumemixer is on 100% That why i use still the web spotify player and not the desktop spotify Windows player sound is ...
The volume is 50% lower in the desktop spotify Windows player, and on the web spotify player i have 100% volume, everything in the volumemixer is on 100% That why i use still the&n...
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Refreshed my computer and looking to reinstall Spotify. It appears that the legacy Windows client is gone and only the Store version is available. Is that true? Or is there somewhere I can install the non-Store version?
Refreshed my computer and looking to reinstall Spotify. It appears that the legacy Windows client is gone and only the Store version is available. Is that true? Or is there...
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I am a premium member on the family plan. Just noticed today that Spotify on my desktop has lost songs on some of my playlists. One of my playlists that had 39 songs now has zero. Others have gone from over 30 songs to only 2. The Spotify on my phone...
I am a premium member on the family plan. Just noticed today that Spotify on my desktop has lost songs on some of my playlists. One of my playlists that had 39 songs now has zero. O...
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It's not in AppData folder anymore, I checked both Roaming and Local folder.
It's not in AppData folder anymore, I checked both Roaming and Local folder.
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Hey Spotify,I would just like to semi complain about the commercial(s). I have no problem hearing most of them but when I am in the middle of an very nice upbeat, Big Band jazz/swing playlist I follow and then suddenly hear a talentless, so called hi...
Hey Spotify, I would just like to semi complain about the commercial(s). I have no problem hearing most of them but when I am in the middle of an very nice upbeat, Big Band jazz/swing playlist I fol...
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Hi there I wanted to report problems with local files in Spotify. I've seen similar reports about issues, but I thought I'd add info about my situation. Spotify becomes unresponsive and/or freezes when folders are added/changed in "local files" via P...
Hi there I wanted to report problems with local files in Spotify. I've seen similar reports about issues, but I thought I'd add info about my situation. Spotify becomes unre...
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