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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...
Hi, As stated in my title, upon opening Task Manager and accessing the 'Startup' tab, Spotify is listed twice for the 'Command Line', "SpotifyStartupTask.exe". I've already tried completely uninstalling and reinstalling, but I was wondering if anyone...
Hi, As stated in my title, upon opening Task Manager and accessing the 'Startup' tab, Spotify is listed twice for the 'Command Line', "SpotifyStartupTask.exe". I've al...
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I've done a fresh install of Windows etc and I have no music related local files on my PC. Absolutely none, Spotfiy is literally the only music related program on my PC now and all other HDD's have been re-formatted. I'm trying to unlink local files ...
I've done a fresh install of Windows etc and I have no music related local files on my PC. Absolutely none, Spotfiy is literally the only music related program on my PC now and all other HDD's have b...
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Hello, I was wondering if it possible to exclude/hide/prevent from playing a titlle of a playslist, specially for suggerted/third parties playslist.Sometimes the playlist amde by Spotify or other profile are pretty good but there is one or two titles...
Hello, I was wondering if it possible to exclude/hide/prevent from playing a titlle of a playslist, specially for suggerted/third parties playslist.Sometimes the playlist amde by Spotify or ...
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Whenever I click a song to play in my playlist (playlist is on shuffle, but I want to listen to a specific track), Spotify plays a random song. I've found no relation in track time, artist, or placement in the playlist. This happens on all playlists,...
Whenever I click a song to play in my playlist (playlist is on shuffle, but I want to listen to a specific track), Spotify plays a random song. I've found no relation in track time, artist, or p...
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Hey y'all, I updated to the most recent version of Spotify last week, and since then I haven't been able to run it, like, at all. It shows up in Task Manager but doesn't actually open. Whenever I try and uninstall it via the Control Panel, it just tr...
Hey y'all, I updated to the most recent version of Spotify last week, and since then I haven't been able to run it, like, at all. It shows up in Task Manager but doesn't actually open. Whenever I try...
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Hi,Is there any difference in sound qualify if you compare downloading song lists to streaming with the higher quality (premium account)? Before downloading I set "higher quality" in the settings. I guess it will be the same sound quality? Regards ch...
Hi, Is there any difference in sound qualify if you compare downloading song lists to streaming with the higher quality (premium account)? Before downloading I set "higher quality" in the settings. ...
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Following the Fall Creators update, Spotify is playing back with corrupted audio if another application plays audio (like Edge on YouTube). This corruption is popping and clicking sounds in the audio, a re-install doesn't help and no other audio play...
Following the Fall Creators update, Spotify is playing back with corrupted audio if another application plays audio (like Edge on YouTube). This corruption is popping and clicking sounds in the audio...
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First you devs should now that not everyone likes it. I am one of those ppl. My operating system Windows never had such feature and I am absolutely used to standard scrolling everywhere. But now you implemented it. There should be option to turn off ...
First you devs should now that not everyone likes it. I am one of those ppl. My operating system Windows never had such feature and I am absolutely used to standard scrolling everywhere. But now you ...
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Yesterday I logged into spotify via my pc and I realised I was connected to a weird device that I did not regognise. It was playing songs and interuppting me so I logged out of all devices and that seem to have fixed it. Today I open spotify and I lo...
Yesterday I logged into spotify via my pc and I realised I was connected to a weird device that I did not regognise. It was playing songs and interuppting me so I logged out of all devices and that s...
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Hi guys. I'm pretty new to Spotify on desktop and when I go to my settings, switching the "same level of sound for all tracks" to on, it didn't save at all when I qui the app and restart it.Am I missing something ? I've searched around the forum and ...
Hi guys. I'm pretty new to Spotify on desktop and when I go to my settings, switching the "same level of sound for all tracks" to on, it didn't save at all when I qui the app and restart it....
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Hi,I have Sonos Controller App on my Android phone linked to my Spotify account and that works fine - playing Spoify songs through Sonos One sperakers. I also have the Spotify software on my PC. When I go to the "Connect to a new decice" icon in the ...
Hi, I have Sonos Controller App on my Android phone linked to my Spotify account and that works fine - playing Spoify songs through Sonos One sperakers. I also have the Spotify software on my ...
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Hello, First of all I'm not good in english I have a problem with the windows app, all publicity are on dutch language and I'm french. I change the setting everything is on French so I don't understand. Have you any ideas ? Thx
Hello, First of all I'm not good in english 😉 I have a problem with the windows app, all publicity are on dutch language and I'm french. I change the setting everything is on...
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I have a playlist of some 500 songs and I want to keep the current order that they are at. but the order right now is set to "custom" and whenever I add a new song it goes to the bottom of the list. If i set the order to "recently added" it messes up...
I have a playlist of some 500 songs and I want to keep the current order that they are at. but the order right now is set to "custom" and whenever I add a new song it goes to the bottom of the list. ...
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I tried reinstalling spotify cause my spotify suddenly disappeared, but I keep getting this error code 13. Once I reinstalled it, but once I switched on the next day, spotify disappeared again and same thing happens, I tried to restart, but it just k...
I tried reinstalling spotify cause my spotify suddenly disappeared, but I keep getting this error code 13. Once I reinstalled it, but once I switched on the next day, spotify disappeared again and sa...
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Windows 10 has almost 1.5 billion users worldwide. there needs to be support so that someone could say "Hey Cortana, Play "Come Together" by The Beatles" and cortana opens the spotify app and plays that song. This feature already exists in the invoke...
Windows 10 has almost 1.5 billion users worldwide. there needs to be support so that someone could say "Hey Cortana, Play "Come Together" by The Beatles" and cortana opens the spotify app and pl...
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Can we get spotify to allow users to change their username on the desktop app? the default name is ones phone number and thats not good. This should be something that can be changed easily.
Can we get spotify to allow users to change their username on the desktop app? the default name is ones phone number and thats not good. This should be something that can be changed easily.
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Got a question here, so my friend just signed up for a new Spotify account, but her username is just a bunch of random letters and numbers. Now I know that you changed usernames so user would get randomly generated usernames, but I'd like if you coul...
Got a question here, so my friend just signed up for a new Spotify account, but her username is just a bunch of random letters and numbers. Now I know that you changed usernames so user would get ran...
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Help i turned on spotify and saw all my music was missing. my playlists were still there, but my songs were gone.
Help i turned on spotify and saw all my music was missing. my playlists were still there, but my songs were gone.
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Whenever I use spotify it seems to use at least 80% of my disk. It get's quite annoying when I am playing a game, or trying to do anything on my own computer. It's a music application, not a music downloading/saving/writing on your disk application. ...
Whenever I use spotify it seems to use at least 80% of my disk. It get's quite annoying when I am playing a game, or trying to do anything on my own computer. It's a music application, not a music do...
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