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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...
Hello therePlease excuse my bad english, I am from Germany.I've got a problem with local files: Everytime I add them to a playlist, some of them don't get displayed as a local file but as an online file. But I want to listen to it, when I am offline,...
Hello there Please excuse my bad english, I am from Germany. I've got a problem with local files: Everytime I add them to a playlist, some of them don't get displayed as a local file but as an...
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So I have some questions about the spotify future to create playlists based on song, playlist, or artist. * Does the radio update each time I add some songs to the playlist the radio is based on ? or when artists the song is based on added new track ...
So I have some questions about the spotify future to create playlists based on song, playlist, or artist. * Does the radio update each time I add some songs to the playlist the radio i...
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spotify ne réussit pas à lire les titres sélectionnés et les fait défiler sans interruption
spotify ne réussit pas à lire les titres sélectionnés et les fait défiler sans interruption
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I uninstall the program and when i reinstall it, the download option on my library doesn't exists, I already remove the device from my account but it doesn't appear again after the reinstall on my account devices, it only let me download playlist but...
I uninstall the program and when i reinstall it, the download option on my library doesn't exists, I already remove the device from my account but it doesn't appear again after the reinstall on my ac...
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When I open spotify on my computer, it opens and immediately closes. I have tried troubleshooting for a while and cannot get it to work.I have:Restarted computerUninstalled and resinstalled spotifyUninstalled Spotify, ensured C:\Users\\AppData\Local\...
When I open spotify on my computer, it opens and immediately closes. I have tried troubleshooting for a while and cannot get it to work. I have: Restarted computer Uninstalled and resinstalled s...
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Good eveningI just configured the Local Files section so it only shows my Itunes musics, and I find out that Spotify changes completeley the name, artist and/or album of many songs. How can I fix this? Greetings
Good evening I just configured the Local Files section so it only shows my Itunes musics, and I find out that Spotify changes completeley the name, artist and/or album of many songs. How can I fix t...
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One of the banner ads on the PC app started playing a video mid song, it auto muted itself about 3 seconds after it started playing so I can't really give a discription of the ad, it was one of those square ads so it was mostly cut off since it was i...
One of the banner ads on the PC app started playing a video mid song, it auto muted itself about 3 seconds after it started playing so I can't really give a discription of the ad, it was one of those...
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I dont know if it's the update but I cant download the entire Songs folder. There's no download button or whatsoever. The music from downloaded playlists are only the ones that are available offline. Is there any way I can download the Songs folder?
I dont know if it's the update but I cant download the entire Songs folder. There's no download button or whatsoever. The music from downloaded playlists are only the ones that are available off...
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Hey. So i wanted to look at a playlist of a friend, but i cant see it. we both have spotify premium but only mine is connected with facebook. It was already hard to find him on spotify and when i eventually figured it out I still couldnt see his play...
Hey. So i wanted to look at a playlist of a friend, but i cant see it. we both have spotify premium but only mine is connected with facebook. It was already hard to find him on spotify...
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How can i change a playlist cover in windos desktop?
How can i change a playlist cover in windos desktop?
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When I play tracks they keep skipping and stopping on the web player. I'd stopped using the app itself because of this problem despite me uninstalling and reinstalling Spotify several times. Now it happens on the web player too. Is there a solution t...
When I play tracks they keep skipping and stopping on the web player. I'd stopped using the app itself because of this problem despite me uninstalling and reinstalling Spotify several time...
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Im running Windows 10 64bit. With the latest update I got an error code 13. Installer cannot create necessary file. I've tried everything I've found on the community help website including:- deleting all Spotify files in the AppData folder- installin...
Im running Windows 10 64bit. With the latest update I got an error code 13. Installer cannot create necessary file. I've tried everything I've found on the community help website including: - deleti...
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Hi Chums, Before spotify we probably had a lot of music on our computers. I did for sure, and I still have it, on a QNAP NAS. I was wondering if theres any way to detect my music stored on my NAS through spotify?
Hi Chums, Before spotify we probably had a lot of music on our computers. I did for sure, and I still have it, on a QNAP NAS. I was wondering if theres any way to detect my music ...
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Installed Spotify on Windows 7. Cannot stop it starting at logon and cannot uninstall it. Support can't help. Installing Spotify has broken my pc, it's basically malware. Am posting this message everywhere to warn as many people as possible.
Installed Spotify on Windows 7. Cannot stop it starting at logon and cannot uninstall it. Support can't help. Installing Spotify has broken my pc, it's basically malware. Am posting this message ever...
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When i use Spotify on my Windows 10 computer and connect my Bluetooth speaker, the volume is at half volume or less. When i use an aux cable in the headphone slot, the volume is at full volume. So this issue is only when using Bluetooth speakers. I'v...
When i use Spotify on my Windows 10 computer and connect my Bluetooth speaker, the volume is at half volume or less. When i use an aux cable in the headphone slot, the volume is at full volume. So th...
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For the last few days, Spotify Desktop will launch and skip through a lot of songs (10/sec or so) until it decides to play one randomly. This song then cannot be skipped and I cannot play any others. When I pause it, the timer continues but music sto...
For the last few days, Spotify Desktop will launch and skip through a lot of songs (10/sec or so) until it decides to play one randomly. This song then cannot be skipped and I cannot play any others....
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I am a Wedding DJ and use Spotify to create playlists for my couples to sample and decide what they want to select. In some instances, I would like to order the playlist by historic popularity. I have been able to gain this when the song appears on a...
I am a Wedding DJ and use Spotify to create playlists for my couples to sample and decide what they want to select. In some instances, I would like to order the playlist by historic populari...
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in advanced settings the option is selected that Spotify will not start with Windows start up, and repeatedly disabled Spotifyusing start up options in msconfig. But Spotify continues to start up with Windows start up. Please advise
in advanced settings the option is selected that Spotify will not start with Windows start up, and repeatedly disabled Spotifyusing start up options in msconfig. But Spotify continues to start u...
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Hi there, Since about a week any changes I make to my existing playlists (both image and text) keep reverting back to the same old version afer restarting my Spotify client. The only way to maintain the changes is to change them, close the client, un...
Hi there, Since about a week any changes I make to my existing playlists (both image and text) keep reverting back to the same old version afer restarting my Spotify client. The only wa...
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With the latest update to Spotify, the "Start Minimized" option has stopped working - Spotify always starts in the foreground. This bug creeps in every so often with a Spotify update, I don't understand why they can't build this into their regression...
With the latest update to Spotify, the "Start Minimized" option has stopped working - Spotify always starts in the foreground. This bug creeps in every so often with a Spotify update, I don'...
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