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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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liliabern

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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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Jenjam

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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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MattSuda

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My Spotify stops and starts playing randomly (Windows and Android)

My spotify stops and starts playing randomly what getting me furious cause it happening after just few songs everytime. It's not a connections issue for sure cause i've been trying on multiple devices (PCs, Android smartphones) and various connection...

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My spotify stops and starts playing randomly what getting me furious cause it happening after just few songs everytime. It's not a connections issue for sure cause i've been trying on multiple device...

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Spotify keeps pausing

Hi guys, I have been a premium user for a few years by now and this is the first time I've experienced this kind of bug. My spotify keeps pausing at each 10-15 seconds, I tryied every solutions in similar posts but none of them worked for me. Does an...

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Hi guys, I have been a premium user for a few years by now and this is the first time I've experienced this kind of bug. My spotify keeps pausing at each 10-15 seconds, I tryied every solutions in si...

justmagir

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play.spotify.com link doesn't open in the desktop app

If you press on a play.spotify.com link, it doens't open inside the spotify app, it opens in your web browser (e.g. google chrome).There's no way to change the setting. This fix doesn't work anymore: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Mac-old/C...

Casual Listener

If you press on a play.spotify.com link, it doens't open inside the spotify app, it opens in your web browser (e.g. google chrome). There's no way to change the setting.   This fix doesn...

Blue02

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Superuser Contribution does not launch

Windows app not working. I click on the icon, seems to start launching the app, but then it closesI've already restarted the computer, but that did not help.

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Windows app not working. I click on the icon, seems to start launching the app, but then it closes I've already restarted the computer, but that did not help.

Pheeal

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Is it possible to create a playlist from a list of song url's?

Hi,I have a text file with 1500 song urls. Like this:https://open.spotify.com/track/5kMKx1ohvu9tuRjVjoVPxXhttps://open.spotify.com/track/06zh28PcYIFvNOAz5Wq2Xb...is there an easy way to make a playlist out of it?

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Hi, I have a text file with 1500 song urls. Like this: https://open.spotify.com/track/5kMKx1ohvu9tuRjVjoVPxX https://open.spotify.com/track/06zh28PcYIFvNOAz5Wq2Xb ... is there an easy way to mak...

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All log ins won't work!

My spotify desktop was working fine but now when I lick log in via Facebook nothing happens. When I try to log in with email and password it freezes with a red cirlce with a slash. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling and the same issue. This is ...

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My spotify desktop was working fine but now when I lick log in via Facebook nothing happens. When I try to log in with email and password it freezes with a red cirlce with a slash.   I've trie...

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Spotify works on every other device except for desktop, including connecting to website

As of late Spotify has been offline on my desktop app.I attempted to reinstall but when I went to spotify.com it said connection timeout. I checked my Windows Firewall, nothing blocked, even made another inbound and outbound rule to allow connections...

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As of late Spotify has been offline on my desktop app. I attempted to reinstall but when I went to spotify.com it said connection timeout. I checked my Windows Firewall, nothing blocked, even made a...

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Solved!! changing language to english on desktop /web player?

Hi! How do I change the language to english on desktop /web player? I'm located in Hungary...

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Hi! How do I change the language to english on desktop /web player? I'm located in Hungary...

IguanaSetup

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spotify for windows 10 error

After a windows 10 update, Spotify wont work. Error comes up: "the application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b) ...". Tried re-install. Not a techy person!Please help.Hilda.

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After a windows 10 update, Spotify wont work. Error comes up: "the application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b) ...".  Tried re-install.  Not a techy person! Please help. Hild...

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Random Drill Beats

When I have the Spotify program open, the artist Drill beats randomly starts playing. Sometimes it plays when I'm browsing the web, playing video games, or listening to music. This is really annoying

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When I have the Spotify program open, the artist Drill beats randomly starts playing. Sometimes it plays when I'm browsing the web, playing video games, or listening to music. This is really annoying

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Spotify Overlay doesn't working when my Apps (Games) are in Fullscreen Mode

Basically, the Overlay, the one that shows up when I use media keys, doesn't show when I'm playing my games in Fullscreen Mode, but, when I change to Windowed Fullscreen or just Windowed, works perfectly. I'm just wondering why it happens to me while...

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Basically, the Overlay, the one that shows up when I use media keys, doesn't show when I'm playing my games in Fullscreen Mode, but, when I change to Windowed Fullscreen or just Windowed, works perfe...

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Spotify will not login through Facebook

Just earlier this morning i was listening to music on my spotify premium account whilst logged in through facebook. Lo and behold this afternoon, and i can no longer use spotify because it will not log in through facebook. It says I never had a faceb...

Newbie

Just earlier this morning i was listening to music on my spotify premium account whilst logged in through facebook. Lo and behold this afternoon, and i can no longer use spotify because it will not l...

MauriceMV

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Sort local files with "organize your music"

Hello. I am trying to sort my music into playlist and just discovered the "Organize Your Music" tool from Spotify which is great for my needs.My issue is that my local files aren't shown, only the music I added to my librairy from Spotify. It is an i...

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Hello.   I am trying to sort my music into playlist and just discovered the "Organize Your Music" tool from Spotify which is great for my needs. My issue is that my local files aren't shown, ...

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Speaker doesn't work

Hey people!My problem is since one week that spotify doesn't play with my speaker (ISY) any more - with my phone - yes! I have an extern adapter for my headphones jack (USB). Youtube and everthing works with my speakers - without Spotify - and it's r...

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Hey people! My problem is since one week that spotify doesn't play with my speaker (ISY) any more - with my phone - yes! I have an extern adapter for my headphones jack (USB). Youtube and everthing ...

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Solved!! spotify not working windows 10

It's been over a week that music is not playing at all through the spotify app . I think it all started after a recent update - although it shows that songs are playing normally (so no signs of trouble or anything) I can't hear a thing. I am not faci...

Casual Listener

It's been over a week that music is not playing at all through the spotify app . I think it all started after a recent update - although it shows that songs are playing normally (so no signs of troub...

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Download spotify for windows 7

Hi, can anybody help. I'm trying to download spotify on windows 7. I've tried some of the suggestions on this forum (compatibility, using the full setup) but nothing works. Any suggestons?

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Hi, can anybody help. I'm trying to download spotify on windows 7. I've tried some of the suggestions on this forum (compatibility, using the full setup) but nothing works. Any suggestons?

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Solved!! Friend Feed Desktop

Has anyone experienced the Friend Feed disappearing? If so any solutions to bring it back? Many thanks

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Has anyone experienced the Friend Feed disappearing? If so any solutions to bring it back?   Many thanks 🙂

brigette_skope

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A group of songs will not download no matter which playlist I put them in no laptop

This group of songs (image below) will not download onto my laptop to be played offline. They all work offline in the same playlist on my phone but not on laptop. I have them in my songs library and two other playlists but no matter which playlist I ...

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This group of songs (image below) will not download onto my laptop to be played offline. They all work offline in the same playlist on my phone but not on laptop. I have them in my songs library and ...

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All Local Files Grayed Out/Unavailable

All of my Local Files do not allow me to go to the existing artist or album on Spotify. Recently I turned off Local Files for my Music Library to test something. When I turned it back on, nothing was matched up to the already existing song on Spotify...

Casual Listener

All of my Local Files do not allow me to go to the existing artist or album on Spotify. Recently I turned off Local Files for my Music Library to test something. When I turned it back on, nothing was...

mjoleszczak

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Can't share music player and track to facebook

The app isn't sharing music player to facebook in windows. That's what happens:Spotify already was better then this.

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The app isn't sharing music player to facebook in windows. That's what happens: Spotify already was better then this.

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