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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...
Visitor
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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
Visitor
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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, so, i alway did m synchronizations on my PC, and i would always work well. But now that i got a notebook they appear my phone but the files don't start to download. I've tried disabling the firewall, re-installing the spotify app in my desktop bu...
hi, so, i alway did m synchronizations on my PC, and i would always work well. But now that i got a notebook they appear my phone but the files don't start to download. I've tried disabling ...
Gig Goer
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This malware-like behavior started a few days ago. Spotify has decided it will automatically open each time Windows 7 (64bit) boots up. Yes, I've gone into Advanced Settings and turned off auto-open (it was never turned on). Yes, I've completely unin...
This malware-like behavior started a few days ago. Spotify has decided it will automatically open each time Windows 7 (64bit) boots up. Yes, I've gone into Advanced Settings and turned...
Regular
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hello is it possible to make spotify to download the songs i listen to as they are being streamed?I do not wish it to download all the song at once just the song i listen to at that time. They have this function on mobile and i wonder if they got it ...
hello is it possible to make spotify to download the songs i listen to as they are being streamed? I do not wish it to download all the song at once just the song i listen to at that time. Th...
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What happened to the details on the information tab of an artist on the desktop player app? Like "Discovered In these playlists" etc.?Why did you remove it?
What happened to the details on the information tab of an artist on the desktop player app? Like "Discovered In these playlists" etc.? Why did you remove it?
Community Legend
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Hello community,I have a working Sophos UTM9 proxy. THe clients get the proxy configuration via gpo and authenticate against the proxy with SSO. That's work fine. Except spotify dekstop app. It cannot connect using Auto detect settings (which means u...
Hello community, I have a working Sophos UTM9 proxy. THe clients get the proxy configuration via gpo and authenticate against the proxy with SSO. That's work fine. Except spotify dekstop app. It can...
Roadie
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A song that I know(!) is just released (as of 7th July 2017) is stamped as released in 2013. The song I am talking about is Cash Cash, Conor Maynard - All My Love (https://open.spotify.com/album/3c34znQ8KmjMluK6X4FVsV). They also just released it on ...
A song that I know(!) is just released (as of 7th July 2017) is stamped as released in 2013. The song I am talking about is Cash Cash, Conor Maynard - All My Love (https://open.spotify.com/album/3c34...
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This is an issue on both the Spotify Web Player and Windows program. I currently follow 124 artists, but the artist tab in the web and desktop player both show only 104 artists. When I check for the artists not listed, it shows I still follow them. I...
This is an issue on both the Spotify Web Player and Windows program. I currently follow 124 artists, but the artist tab in the web and desktop player both show only 104 artists. When I check for the ...
Casual Listener
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Hi,When I click on "about" on an artist page, it will load the header and the bio, but the part below ('where people listen', and the 'discovered on' part) don't show up. Cleared the cache, didn't solve the problem.Set the rights for the Spotify fold...
Hi, When I click on "about" on an artist page, it will load the header and the bio, but the part below ('where people listen', and the 'discovered on' part) don't show up. Cleared the...
Newbie
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I'm a metal head and I appreciate a lot of the playlists Spotify has to offer. The one thing that is really bothering me is why Top Tracks in Metal hasn't been updated by Spotify since 3-24-17. I left SiriusXM after being a subscriber for 10 years. T...
I'm a metal head and I appreciate a lot of the playlists Spotify has to offer. The one thing that is really bothering me is why Top Tracks in Metal hasn't been updated by Spotify since 3-24-17. I lef...
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Have had this problem for sametime, started soon after updated my system to Creator update of Windows... I can crash my workstation simply starting Spotify desktop client and after sometime system is unresponsive... Have to reboot computer after that...
Have had this problem for sametime, started soon after updated my system to Creator update of Windows... I can crash my workstation simply starting Spotify desktop client and after sometime system is...
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I have noticed that spotify doesn't have all of the music from some artists, which I get, but then for some it doesn't even have all the songs from certain albums(songs that are in the standard album not the deluxe version) which is dissapointing, bu...
I have noticed that spotify doesn't have all of the music from some artists, which I get, but then for some it doesn't even have all the songs from certain albums(songs that are in the standard album...
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Today I started my pc and Spotify started itself without me ever enabling this option or giving Spotify permission to do so. This is outright malicious behaviour and I would like to know why Spotify is suddenly creating startup services without even ...
Today I started my pc and Spotify started itself without me ever enabling this option or giving Spotify permission to do so. This is outright malicious behaviour and I would like to know why Spotify ...
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Spotify automatically starts when loggin into computer even though in player settings it's set to DO NOT start automatically when logging in. Only way to disable Spotify auto-start is to disable it in startup task menu in Windows. This bug appeared w...
Spotify automatically starts when loggin into computer even though in player settings it's set to DO NOT start automatically when logging in. Only way to disable Spotify auto-sta...
Newbie
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I want to import my local music files from computer desktop to my playlist in Spotify. Many songs are grey in the list, so I can't play them on my amplifier downstairs. In "Files" I have no possibility to import files from Harddisk, only from Itunes ...
I want to import my local music files from computer desktop to my playlist in Spotify. Many songs are grey in the list, so I can't play them on my amplifier downstairs. In "Files" I ...
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I'm sorry but i need to post it a third time because nobody either likes to answer or nobody can answer and it seems like spotify is unaware off the problem some people have. Since 4-5 month now spotify only shows 2 songs in my local files when i hav...
I'm sorry but i need to post it a third time because nobody either likes to answer or nobody can answer and it seems like spotify is unaware off the problem some people have. Since 4-5 month...
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Whenever I open Spotify I usually go to "Browse" then I will choose the "Discover" tab and that gives me all the recommendations of different artists and albums I might like. In with all these recommendations are usually several/many artists/albums I...
Whenever I open Spotify I usually go to "Browse" then I will choose the "Discover" tab and that gives me all the recommendations of different artists and albums I might like. In with all these recomm...
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Hello, I've been trying to listen to a couple of the albums by Streetlight Manifesto.For a few tracks (Watch It Crash, Somewhere In the Between, We Are the Few, and A Better Place, a Better Time), the first 10 seconds of the song plays as normal.Afte...
Hello, I've been trying to listen to a couple of the albums by Streetlight Manifesto. For a few tracks (Watch It Crash, Somewhere In the Between, We Are the Few, and A Better Place, a Better ...
Community Legend
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Hi.tl;dr at the bottomWell, one or two years ago i set the path for the directory to a hdd to put all my local music files in spotify, which worked just fine. But now i added a seperate folder and deleted the old ones, since i don´t need it any longe...
Hi. tl;dr at the bottom Well, one or two years ago i set the path for the directory to a hdd to put all my local music files in spotify, which worked just fine. But now i added a seperate folder an...
Casual Listener
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Hello, For a large part I used Spotify as my secondary player, because I did not have premium and deleted all of my own music from the application since I used iTunes as primairy player. Since a few months I have a premium account and want to use Spo...
Hello, For a large part I used Spotify as my secondary player, because I did not have premium and deleted all of my own music from the application since I used iTunes as primairy player. Sin...
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