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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...
Newbie
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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
Newbie
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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,I had two spotify accounts: one with facebook and one with my mail-id. I had all my playlists saved in my facebook account. I logged in spotify app through my mail id and connected to facebook in setting. And now I lost my playlists. I disconnecte...
Hi, I had two spotify accounts: one with facebook and one with my mail-id. I had all my playlists saved in my facebook account. I logged in spotify app through my mail id and connected to facebook i...
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Question revisited for 2017 to get current status: What exactly does it mean to 'follow' an artist? I understand that if I go to My Music > Artists they will show up in a list there. Will I get updates somewhere for artists that I follow?
Question revisited for 2017 to get current status: What exactly does it mean to 'follow' an artist? I understand that if I go to My Music > Artists they will show up in a list there...
Newbie
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Feature RequestWhen I'm listening to Spotify, I'm usually coding. I hear a song that I like and I crank the volume and jam out. I almost never stop my coding to switch screens to like the screen. This unfortunately means that my ML model doesn't get ...
Feature Request When I'm listening to Spotify, I'm usually coding. I hear a song that I like and I crank the volume and jam out. I almost never stop my coding to switch screens to like the scre...
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Hello community! I was having trouble opening my messages, and I saw in a post about that to reinstall Spotify. Now that I've reinstalled it, though, I can't click on anything. The clicks aren't registering when I click "log in with facebook." I can ...
Hello community! I was having trouble opening my messages, and I saw in a post about that to reinstall Spotify. Now that I've reinstalled it, though, I can't click on anything. ...
Newbie
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I have just about 1.000 songs in total in "Songs", however, I can't drag anything else to any of my playlists... And it's been a couple of months like this... What to do? Thanks!!!
I have just about 1.000 songs in total in "Songs", however, I can't drag anything else to any of my playlists... And it's been a couple of months like this... What to do? Thanks!!!
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Hi everybody ! I've looked around on internet and on this forum but so far I haven't found anything that helps me, so I'm posting here. I try to upload my local files from my computer to my cell-phone. The problem is that once on my phone I can actua...
Hi everybody ! I've looked around on internet and on this forum but so far I haven't found anything that helps me, so I'm posting here. I try to upload my local files from my comput...
Casual Listener
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Hi,I noticed that when i open the Spotify app on Windows 10, it "shortcuts" the mouse and it become impossible to click in virtual machines.The only way to prevent this problem is to close Spotify.
Hi, I noticed that when i open the Spotify app on Windows 10, it "shortcuts" the mouse and it become impossible to click in virtual machines. The only way to prevent this problem is to close Spotif...
Casual Listener
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Hi,I can't see or play music from d:\onedrive\music\ If I copy a file to c: I can see and play it. Please help me...
Hi, I can't see or play music from d:\onedrive\music\ If I copy a file to c: I can see and play it. Please help me...
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I have a premium account on windows 10. I created a playlist and via ... "Edit > Preferences > Local Files > Add A Source" added several hundred mp3 music files from the drive on the same computer.Displaying the playlist in spotify shows some files h...
I have a premium account on windows 10. I created a playlist and via ... "Edit > Preferences > Local Files > Add A Source" added several hundred mp3 music files from the 😧 drive...
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Hello, I been having a problem the last few days: the thing is I have a live version of Ariana Grande "Dangerous Woman" in my local files but everytime I try and play the studio version, every song that´s in my local files folder get played instead. ...
Hello, I been having a problem the last few days: the thing is I have a live version of Ariana Grande "Dangerous Woman" in my local files but everytime I try and play the studio version, every song t...
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Hello, Recently I subscribed to Spotify Premium and I downloaded the app for Windows 10.Everything was running fine excepting that the Download option is not appearing for any album, song nor playlist and I would like to have that option because I pl...
Hello, Recently I subscribed to Spotify Premium and I downloaded the app for Windows 10. Everything was running fine excepting that the Download option is not appearing for any album, song ...
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Right now the artist Aether released a new EP (about two hours ago) but I cant play it.Help please.Btw im from Colombia just so you know if its something with the location.https://open.spotify.com/album/3TJsPqAC5UnImF0o568jQA
Right now the artist Aether released a new EP (about two hours ago) but I cant play it. Help please. Btw im from Colombia just so you know if its something with the location. https://open.spo...
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This is not an audio issue. I can use Spotify Web Player connected to my Spotify Desktop and it plays just fine. The problem is that when I click the play button on a track, it does not load it into the "play bar" (or whatever that bottom part of the...
This is not an audio issue. I can use Spotify Web Player connected to my Spotify Desktop and it plays just fine. The problem is that when I click the play button on a track, it does not load it into ...
Casual Listener
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I'm running Windows XP and I've recently uninstalled Spotify to get a clean install... Grabbed the latest downloader and tried to install and am getting an Error 18: "The installer is unable to install Spotify because the files to write are in use by...
I'm running Windows XP and I've recently uninstalled Spotify to get a clean install... Grabbed the latest downloader and tried to install and am getting an Error 18: "The installer is ...
Newbie
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So after I updated Spotify I loaded it up and everything (my songs, playlists and friends) had gone. I don't understand what happened someone help.
So after I updated Spotify I loaded it up and everything (my songs, playlists and friends) had gone. I don't understand what happened someone help.
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When I use shuffle on any playlist, Spotify will always end up playing the same 40 songs over and over, regardless of which song I play first. How hard can it be to probably shuffle a playlist? It has been terrible for years.
When I use shuffle on any playlist, Spotify will always end up playing the same 40 songs over and over, regardless of which song I play first. How hard can it be to probably shuffle a playlist? It ha...
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I wanted to add some music to a playlist and chose "New Playlist". The playlist was added. However, when I clicked on "Details", nothing comes up allowing me to do so. Plus, no new music shows up in the right window. On top of that, when I go to the ...
I wanted to add some music to a playlist and chose "New Playlist". The playlist was added. However, when I clicked on "Details", nothing comes up allowing me to do so. Plus, no new music shows up in ...
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Hi, I tried to set a playlistpicture, but I didn't like it, so i removed the picture. Now there is no album cover showing at all (normally the first 4 album covers should be shown)This is only in my playlist (phone and desktop). When I visit my profi...
Hi, I tried to set a playlistpicture, but I didn't like it, so i removed the picture. Now there is no album cover showing at all (normally the first 4 album covers should be shown) This is only in m...
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Hi guys, Yesterday I was having a problem with spotity, it was telling me there was no internet and was stuck in offline mode... I stupidly decided to logout, and now im stuck with error code 7 (when trying to login with facebook) and error code 2 (w...
Hi guys, Yesterday I was having a problem with spotity, it was telling me there was no internet and was stuck in offline mode... I stupidly decided to logout, and now im stuck with error cod...
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Hi. Some time ago I am having problems with the Spotify application in Windows 10. Sometimes the program freezes the system and I have to restart the computer.Is there any solution for that? Is very annoying.Thanks.
Hi. Some time ago I am having problems with the Spotify application in Windows 10. Sometimes the program freezes the system and I have to restart the computer. Is there any solution for that? Is ver...
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