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Discuss Spotify for Windows
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...
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...
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...
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...
Every time I log in some random playlist that I don't want is saved to my library... the latest two are "hot rythmic" and "la vida loca"... it seems like every time I log in two or three new ones are in my library without me addidng them. Why is this...
Every time I log in some random playlist that I don't want is saved to my library... the latest two are "hot rythmic" and "la vida loca"... it seems like every time I log in two or three new ones are...
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Hi, i have been using spotify for a long time and i love it.Recently i had to reinstall the program due to some mailware, nothing big.After installing it again I opened the program and klick on the "loging with facebook" tab. it then opens a seperate...
Hi, i have been using spotify for a long time and i love it. Recently i had to reinstall the program due to some mailware, nothing big. After installing it again I opened the program and klick on...
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Hello after new update I am not able to drag & drop playing song, I can drag other songs tho.
Hello after new update I am not able to drag & drop playing song, I can drag other songs tho.
Regular
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For the past few weeks now I haven't been able to Right Click on an album or press the "More" button on albums in the Recently Played tab. It just freezes the controls there and doesn't open the drop down menu. I have already tried reinstalling Spoti...
For the past few weeks now I haven't been able to Right Click on an album or press the "More" button on albums in the Recently Played tab. It just freezes the controls there and doesn't open the ...
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Hello, there are some songs like "Just like you" or "A little work" from the new Fergie album Double Dutchess posted today skipping... can someone please fix this issue?
Hello, there are some songs like "Just like you" or "A little work" from the new Fergie album Double Dutchess posted today skipping... can someone please fix this issue?
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This started a week or so ago. When Spotify is the active window, the sound is a bit more muted, like the treble is balanced lower or something. Then when I switch to another application, the sound will change to be less muted. I'm not sure which way...
This started a week or so ago. When Spotify is the active window, the sound is a bit more muted, like the treble is balanced lower or something. Then when I switch to another application, the sound w...
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All my songs in all my playlists are suddenly not available on my Windows computer. I have spotify an active Premium account. I deleted and reinstalled the Spotify app on my computer and it still won't play my songs. Any help would be appreciated.(Ed...
All my songs in all my playlists are suddenly not available on my Windows computer. I have spotify an active Premium account. I deleted and reinstalled the Spotify app on my computer and it stil...
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Hi, Since several weeks, all songs for the album "Polaroïds & pornographie" of the artist "Aqme" sizzle.I tried from the web player, Windows & Android app and the result is the same.For example the song 3'38 sizzle at 0:56 and all during the rest of ...
Hi, Since several weeks, all songs for the album "Polaroïds & pornographie" of the artist "Aqme" sizzle. I tried from the web player, Windows & Android app and the result is th...
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Windows 10 - up to dateJDK 1.8 - up to date.NET - up to datedrivers - up to dateSpotify - up to date, standalone (not from Windows store) When listening to some list (album/author/daily), the bottom left container with song picture and author/title i...
Windows 10 - up to date JDK 1.8 - up to date .NET - up to date drivers - up to date Spotify - up to date, standalone (not from Windows store) When listening to some list (album/author/da...
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Can you send me my inbox playlist?? Also please bring this feature back.
Can you send me my inbox playlist?? Also please bring this feature back.
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So i use the windows standalone version of Spotify, and i have multiple monitors. It seems that when i start Spotify in my lower resolution monitor, it gets stuck as that window size when fullscreening on my bigger monitor. But the weird thing is tha...
So i use the windows standalone version of Spotify, and i have multiple monitors. It seems that when i start Spotify in my lower resolution monitor, it gets stuck as that window size when fullscreeni...
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So my spotify has recently decided to stop working... When I try to load it, it loads; but it's blank. See attached. I've reinstalled, updated my graphics drivers as well as tried the cmd trick:%APPDATA%\Spotify\spotify.exe --disable-accelerated-laye...
So my spotify has recently decided to stop working... When I try to load it, it loads; but it's blank. See attached. I've reinstalled, updated my graphics drivers as well a...
Roadie
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Hello just new to Premium I use it with windows desktop & on iphone (family version) How can I play tracks in order and not randomly once I have chosen an album ? Thanks
Hello just new to Premium I use it with windows desktop & on iphone (family version) How can I play tracks in order and not randomly once I have chosen an album ? Thanks
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Hi,I recently got premium and started adding my local files to tSpotify... The files appear in "local files", but the aritst and album names are all grey. They are all .mp3. I can play about half of them; the other half will say I need to locate the ...
Hi, I recently got premium and started adding my local files to tSpotify... The files appear in "local files", but the aritst and album names are all grey. They are all .mp3. I can play about half o...
Casual Listener
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Hey, I'm getting really sick of these Norwegian ads on spotify, playing horrible music that I have to listen to every time there's an ad (there's only like 3 different ads in Norwegian, and it's usually the one ad that keeps playing every time), but ...
Hey, I'm getting really sick of these Norwegian ads on spotify, playing horrible music that I have to listen to every time there's an ad (there's only like 3 different ads in Norwegian, and it's usua...
Casual Listener
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Spotify will not play anything on my laptop (win10), it keeps saying "can't play the current song". I've tried uninstalling the app and reinstalling it, I've tried switch hardware acceleartion. I've checked my firewall settings so that is not blockin...
Spotify will not play anything on my laptop (win10), it keeps saying "can't play the current song". I've tried uninstalling the app and reinstalling it, I've tried switch hardware acceleartion....
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I've been trying to install Spotify on my new laptop for several days now, without success. I've tried both the app store and the webpage. When I install Spotify, it opens as an empty black box with no content. Yesterday I managed to install it corre...
I've been trying to install Spotify on my new laptop for several days now, without success. I've tried both the app store and the webpage. When I install Spotify, it opens as an empty black...
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2 to 3 weeks ago spotify works on my laptop just fine then it just stopped. When I started playing a song again, it is playing but without any sound. Already un-ticked the accelerator thing, as well as checked, muted, unmuted my volume mixer, uninsta...
2 to 3 weeks ago spotify works on my laptop just fine then it just stopped. When I started playing a song again, it is playing but without any sound. Already un-ticked the accelerator thing, as well ...
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I get disconnected frequently from the internet due to my VPN service overloading my netgear modem and crashing it. Point is that spotify frequently goes offline, and stays that way, specifically for the "Your Daily Mix" section. Doesn't matter that ...
I get disconnected frequently from the internet due to my VPN service overloading my netgear modem and crashing it. Point is that spotify frequently goes offline, and stays that way, sp...
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It happens on my windows 7 desktop app and on another laptop with windows 10Also with Alexa The Spotify start playing music automatically if the app is running, without any command.Also, it can pause songs by itself, without me pausing it. Every 5-10...
It happens on my windows 7 desktop app and on another laptop with windows 10 Also with Alexa The Spotify start playing music automatically if the app is running, without any command. Also,...
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