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Solved!! Disable the Mini-Player on the Web-Version

Hi GuysI switched on my Windows 10 from the Desktop-Version to the Browser-Version. It works, but now I get/see every time a Mini-Player in the left upper corner for about 5 seconds when I press Pause/Play or e.g. if I change the volume. How can I de...

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Solved!! Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it

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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Solved!! Disable Video on desktop app

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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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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Spotify freezing laptop

Everyone I open spotify it loads for a while and than my whole laptop freezes. I know this is a spotify issue because it works just fine without spotify usage. This has been happening for a week now and any help would be appreciated.

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Everyone I open spotify it loads for a while and than my whole laptop freezes. I know this is a spotify issue because it works just fine without spotify usage.    This has been happening ...

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(Windows laptop) Spotify pauzes auto when paring with bluetoothspeaker

Hello, I upgraded from a JBL GO to a JBL Charge 3 but if i connect my laptop with a JBl Charge 3 speaker. And play a song on Spotify, It will auto pauz and if i hit play it pauzes again after 1 second etc... If i use windows mediaplayer,winrar or you...

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Hello,   I upgraded from a JBL GO to a JBL Charge 3 but if i connect my laptop with a JBl Charge 3 speaker. And play a song on Spotify, It will auto pauz and if i hit play it pauzes again afte...

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Solved!! Broken/Glitched Calendar

"in 8 years" that's what the date says for each song I added into my playlist today. I can't seem to fix this.

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"in 8 years" that's what the date says for each song I added into my playlist today. I can't seem to fix this.

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Solved!! Can't play current track?

Keep getting 'Can't play current track' message randomly when I am listening to music. Stops my playlists dead (as in does not skip to the next tune) and also someitmes tunes that dont work one minute work the next. Becoming very frustrating, don't u...

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Keep getting 'Can't play current track' message randomly when I am listening to music. Stops my playlists dead (as in does not skip to the next tune) and also someitmes tunes that dont work one minut...

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Restore the "Your Top Songs 2015" playlist

Hi, I've been looking for some time on how to restore a really old playlist, namely my "Your Top Songs 2015" playlist. It's old enough to not show up on the restore old playlist-page. If I recall correctly it was also before this account was changed ...

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Hi,   I've been looking for some time on how to restore a really old playlist, namely my "Your Top Songs 2015" playlist. It's old enough to not show up on the restore old playlist-page. If I r...

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How to add song to playlist?

When I go to a song, the three little dots produce eight options, such as 'make secret' or 'share.' But I don't get 'add to playlist' I have watched the instructional videos. In those, clicking on the three dots produces 'add to playlist,' but I am n...

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When I go to a song, the three little dots produce eight options, such as 'make secret' or 'share.' But I don't get 'add to playlist' I have watched the instructional videos. In those, clicking on th...

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Spotify sound won't play through headset

I've recently got a USB powered Razer headset for Christmas. It's been working perfectly fine for the past few weeks and I've used Spotify often with these. Now all of a sudden, Spotify won't play anything through the headset. It does work with my sp...

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I've recently got a USB powered Razer headset for Christmas. It's been working perfectly fine for the past few weeks and I've used Spotify often with these. Now all of a sudden, Spotify won't pl...

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Fonts does not scale properly on high resolution screens

Hi,Some time ago, when high resolution desktop screens (like 4k) were still relativly new, Spotify had some problems with the fonts in the Windows desktop version leading to pixly and ugly user experience. This issue was solved, and has been solved f...

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Hi, Some time ago, when high resolution desktop screens (like 4k) were still relativly new, Spotify had some problems with the fonts in the Windows desktop version leading to  pixly a...

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System tray icon issue

My spotify when closed isnt showing a system tray icon even though its still playing and option is checked. is there an update today fix?

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My spotify when closed isnt showing a system tray icon even though its still playing and option is checked. is there an update today fix?

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How do you import Groove music into Spotify

Microsoft has discontinued their Groove service and recommended I use Spotify. How do you import the music to the application

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Microsoft has discontinued their Groove service and recommended I use Spotify. How do you import the music to the application

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Spotify desktop for Windows will not recognize my Samsung TV

I've seen this posted in other threads but not in a recent one so I'm starting this topic anew: Spotify desktop for Windows 10 has stopped recognizing my Samsung TV UHDTV MU8000. It has been working fine since I got my new laptop two months ago. Now,...

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I've seen this posted in other threads but not in a recent one so I'm starting this topic anew:   Spotify desktop for Windows 10 has stopped recognizing my Samsung TV UHDTV MU8000. It has been...

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Solved!! Spotify skips tracks immediately, won't play any tracks PC VOIP

Hi, I'm playing spotify on my desktop, not sure if it's related to just switching to a VOIP service where the ethernet cable now goes in and out of the phone to the PC, where it went directly to the PC before, but when I click on a track it starts pl...

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Hi, I'm playing spotify on my desktop, not sure if it's related to just switching to a VOIP service where the ethernet cable now goes in and out of the phone to the PC, where it went directly to the ...

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Solved!! Spotify cannot find api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-2.dll problem

Spotify does not open and gives water problems : Spotify cannot find api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-2.dll . Please re- install this application . Still this error is coming when I tried to delete .

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Spotify does not open and gives water problems : Spotify cannot find api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-2.dll . Please re- install this application . Still this error is coming when I trie...

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Cant sign in to windows desktop app

signed up to spotify 3 weeks ago. im unable to access the app on my pc. i put my username and email in and then it just sits there and nothing happens. any help would be appreciated.

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signed up to spotify 3 weeks ago.  im unable to access the app on my pc.  i put my username and email in and then it just sits there and nothing happens.   any help would be apprecia...

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I can't find my saved songs

Hi,I have saved a bunch of songs and albums, but now when I go to my "Songs" or "Albums" page they do not show up there. If I go to one of my playlists or an artist profile, songs that I have saved still show the checkmark, but then they aren't there...

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Hi, I have saved a bunch of songs and albums, but now when I go to my "Songs" or "Albums" page they do not show up there. If I go to one of my playlists or an artist profile, songs that I have saved...

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can't rearrange tracks on a playlist

i'm able to rearrange all of my other playlists, and everything else works fine, it's just this one playlist i'm not able to alter.

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i'm able to rearrange all of my other playlists, and everything else works fine, it's just this one playlist i'm not able to alter.

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I Can't See All of My Playlists???

So, I have a lot of playlists. At least 20. And recently, whenever I try to add a song to a playlist, I can only ever see the first few playlists I have. As you can see, "Sunday Morning" is the last playlist that shows up in the menu, but it isn't th...

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So, I have a lot of playlists. At least 20. And recently, whenever I try to add a song to a playlist, I can only ever see the first few playlists I have. As you can see, "Sunday Morning" is the last ...

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Solved!! Spotify on laptop claims NO song is available. Works fine on other devices on same wifi.

I have a laptop with win10, legal and updated version.My spotify premium started claiming that any song "is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can upload it."It just jumps to next song and the next and the next....with the same ...

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I have a laptop with win10, legal and updated version. My spotify premium started claiming that any song "is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can upload it." It just jumps t...

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Spotify never stops playing

I would like to have spotify stop playing music after my the album I selected is over. Instead it starts with the same playlist again, only repeats the last song, continues with an album I had as a playlist last week or fills the playlist with random...

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I would like to have spotify stop playing music after my the album I selected is over.    Instead it starts with the same playlist again, only repeats the last song, continues with an alb...

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Pumping Desktop Player (Win)

We adressed an issue with the Windows player: Audio is "pumping" - like a misconfigured limiter or compressor in a professional environment does. any idea, how to solve this?we are using the latest version of the win software.

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We adressed an issue with the Windows player: Audio is "pumping" - like a misconfigured limiter or compressor in a professional environment does.   any idea, how to solve this? we are using...

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