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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...
Guess I'll re-type my question. Once making a play list, and downloading each song, what makes some of the songs kinda fade out, and not play?
Guess I'll re-type my question. Once making a play list, and downloading each song, what makes some of the songs kinda fade out, and not play?
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Maximizing the spotify window on desktop will cause the bottom play bar to align incorrectly under certain circumstances. This only happens when dragging the window to the top of the screen to maximize. I have attached a link to a gif in order to mor...
Maximizing the spotify window on desktop will cause the bottom play bar to align incorrectly under certain circumstances. This only happens when dragging the window to the top of the screen to maximi...
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The Spotify system is determinedly programmed to always give you the repeats that you do not want-- However there are easy "user programming fixes" that work to prevent the repeats that you do not want. And the resulting Spotify music is worth everyt...
The Spotify system is determinedly programmed to always give you the repeats that you do not want-- However there are easy "user programming fixes" that work to prevent the repeats that you do not wa...
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Spotify is great, but for whatever reason, it seems to be causing my (Windows 10) computer problems. It's okay if I use it for a short amount of time, but if I forget to close it, I run into problems. It's probably more my computer than the applicati...
Spotify is great, but for whatever reason, it seems to be causing my (Windows 10) computer problems. It's okay if I use it for a short amount of time, but if I forget to close it, I run into pro...
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Hi Seen loads of threads on this, re-authorize a/c, reset or switch off VPN, re-install etc etc none work on my PC (andriod phone perfect!) I get a blue dot over the devices icon at bottom of app ( i always thought this was a green dot??) Anyone got ...
Hi Seen loads of threads on this, re-authorize a/c, reset or switch off VPN, re-install etc etc none work on my PC (andriod phone perfect!) I get a blue dot over the devices icon at bottom o...
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My desktop version of Spotify (Free) doesn't play any sound anymore, neither in the ads nor the player itself, although the bar progresses as if there was music playing. Everything I get when clicking on Play is one very short high-pitched sound, and...
My desktop version of Spotify (Free) doesn't play any sound anymore, neither in the ads nor the player itself, although the bar progresses as if there was music playing. Everything I get when clickin...
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This keeps popping up for nearly every song I play. Sometimes the song pauses half way and this message appears. I've tried installing and re-installing spotify then restarting my computer but it didn't work. This makes spotify on pc virtually useles...
This keeps popping up for nearly every song I play. Sometimes the song pauses half way and this message appears. I've tried installing and re-installing spotify then restarting my computer but it did...
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I can no longer change the order of playlists (not songs) on Windows 10Up until today I could always drag the order of my playlists and folders and all of a sudden they are locked. Is there a way they might have been frozen with a smart key or someth...
I can no longer change the order of playlists (not songs) on Windows 10 Up until today I could always drag the order of my playlists and folders and all of a sudden they are locked. Is there a way t...
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My [Windows Desktop] Spotify updated the other day, now version 1.0.66.478.g1296534d. Now the main window has some sort of background animation that prevents me from reading anything on the window. It is really irritating because I like to keep it up...
My [Windows Desktop] Spotify updated the other day, now version 1.0.66.478.g1296534d. Now the main window has some sort of background animation that prevents me from reading anything on...
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If I type in an artist's full name in lower case I receive a "No Results Found" error message. If I leave off just one letter at the end I get plenty of results that match correctly. If I type the case in correctly the artist does show up. This is no...
If I type in an artist's full name in lower case I receive a "No Results Found" error message. If I leave off just one letter at the end I get plenty of results that match correctly. If I type the ca...
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Scenario:Using windows spotify app playing music from a song radio with the song list of the song radio station displayed.Steps:Thumbs down song/s to remove them from the radioThen seek position in the currently playing song and the removed songs re ...
Scenario: Using windows spotify app playing music from a song radio with the song list of the song radio station displayed. Steps: Thumbs down song/s to remove them from the radio Then ...
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Recetemente instalei o app do Spotify para o desktop do windows 10, mas aparece a seguinte msg depois que tento fazer o login "Service is temporarily unavialable, please try again later. (ERROR code:2).Já desintalei e instalei de novo, reiniciei o pc...
Recetemente instalei o app do Spotify para o desktop do windows 10, mas aparece a seguinte msg depois que tento fazer o login "Service is temporarily unavialable, please try again later. (ERROR code:...
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I'm coming to spotify from having always been on zune -> xbox music -> groove music subscription. One of the best features of the groove music app both on desktop and xbox was that you could select option to enable playback of song associated music v...
I'm coming to spotify from having always been on zune -> xbox music -> groove music subscription. One of the best features of the groove music app both on desktop and xbox was that you could se...
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When I set any app to have administrative privileges the hotkeys wont work, I am unsure how to fix and would appreciate any help! For instance: When I set spotify to have admin priviledges it makes global hotkeys not working like play, pause, next, p...
When I set any app to have administrative privileges the hotkeys wont work, I am unsure how to fix and would appreciate any help! For instance: When I set spotify to have admin priviledges i...
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This only happens when I am casting to another device. Very annoying.Any suggestions on how to fix would be appreciated. I can provide video example if desired.
This only happens when I am casting to another device. Very annoying. Any suggestions on how to fix would be appreciated. I can provide video example if desired.
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For whatever reason, when I have Spotify open on my phone, it won't allow me to open it on my desktop. This is preventing me from downloading ANY SONGS to my phone through Spotify. Please help!
For whatever reason, when I have Spotify open on my phone, it won't allow me to open it on my desktop. This is preventing me from downloading ANY SONGS to my phone through Spotify. Please help!
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Whenever I try to connect to Spotify via the Windows app I get the following error directory and a message that says my profile is invalid: c:\ProgramFiles\\WindowsApps\SpotifyAB.SpotifyMusic_1.66.478.0x86_zpdnekdrz...\SpotifyMigrator.exe What could ...
Whenever I try to connect to Spotify via the Windows app I get the following error directory and a message that says my profile is invalid: c:\ProgramFiles\\WindowsApps\SpotifyAB.SpotifyMusi...
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It#s really amazing. I#m almost used to it, that Spotify is not usable on a modern Sony Z5 Dompact Android 7.1.1, but now also the Windows UI is not longer usable. I open a context dialog, and after that Spotify does not respond to any click oder key...
It#s really amazing. I#m almost used to it, that Spotify is not usable on a modern Sony Z5 Dompact Android 7.1.1, but now also the Windows UI is not longer usable. I open a context dialog, a...
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Hey Guys,I´f got an Problem.The loudness of my Songs changes the hole time.It is very noise to hear Musik if this happens. It does not matter which calculation i have ore how loud i try to hear the Musik. How can i change this? It is not funny any mo...
Hey Guys, I´f got an Problem. The loudness of my Songs changes the hole time. It is very noise to hear Musik if this happens. It does not matter which calculation i have ore how loud i try ...
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I'd like to know why Spotify puts unwanted songs onto my queue, when I requested for a single album to be added? Or better yet, how do I prevent it from happening?Let me explain:So I browse to any artist's page, then hit the play button on any album(...
I'd like to know why Spotify puts unwanted songs onto my queue, when I requested for a single album to be added? Or better yet, how do I prevent it from happening? Let me explain: So I browse ...
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