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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...
For some reason, unless I'm on the artist page I cannot pick which songs I want to play. I will go to an artist that I have saved music for and click on the 5th song listed, but it will start playing the 1st song and I have to use the next button to ...
For some reason, unless I'm on the artist page I cannot pick which songs I want to play. I will go to an artist that I have saved music for and click on the 5th song listed, but it will start playing...
Casual Listener
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I bought a Spotify premium subscription because it has some music I was struggling to find for sale elsewhere. However, migrating my existing collection to the Spotify player is proving to be impossible. I'm trying to migrate a ~13,000 song playlist,...
I bought a Spotify premium subscription because it has some music I was struggling to find for sale elsewhere. However, migrating my existing collection to the Spotify player is provin...
Regular
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Hello all, I am experiencing this very frustrating issue:Every few minutes my desktop client's connection drops out and I get blue bars preventing me from doing searches and starting new albums (error code 4). This does not cause discontinuity of pla...
Hello all, I am experiencing this very frustrating issue: Every few minutes my desktop client's connection drops out and I get blue bars preventing me from doing searches and starting new a...
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Maybe I'm doing something wrong. I really don't like having to share twice in order to share to both Facebook and Twitter. What happened to being able to do both simultaneously?
Maybe I'm doing something wrong. I really don't like having to share twice in order to share to both Facebook and Twitter. What happened to being able to do both simultaneously?
Spotify Star
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I will be working on chrome, then my spotify app with just open itself up? How do I stop this from happening. (I'm on a surface book if that changes anything)
I will be working on chrome, then my spotify app with just open itself up? How do I stop this from happening. (I'm on a surface book if that changes anything)
Community Legend
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I want to add a song to one of my Spotify playlists from the music folder in my computer. How do I do this? I downloaded Clip Grab to get the song off YouTube and put in my Music file. Then I followed the directions about Spotify and Local Files. I s...
I want to add a song to one of my Spotify playlists from the music folder in my computer. How do I do this? I downloaded Clip Grab to get the song off YouTube and put in my Music file. Then I f...
Newbie
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Recently recieved pop up on Windows 10 - Spotify.exe - No disk There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk into drive H:. With the response - Cancel, Try again and continue. The popup will not disappear unless I terminated Spotify. Been a use...
Recently recieved pop up on Windows 10 - Spotify.exe - No disk There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk into drive H:. With the response - Cancel, Try again an...
Casual Listener
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2 replies
1 likes
I use two screens, and whever I pause a song and play it again when using the desktop app it makes the volume lower. Any help?
I use two screens, and whever I pause a song and play it again when using the desktop app it makes the volume lower. Any help?
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Recently, I've started experiencing a recurring issue with Spotify on Windows where I go to select a specific song from an album, and it selects the first track, or a random one if I have shuffle turned on. Restarting the client doesn't help. It does...
Recently, I've started experiencing a recurring issue with Spotify on Windows where I go to select a specific song from an album, and it selects the first track, or a random one if I have shuffle tur...
Community Legend
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When I pick a song from the "Artists" tab (and pick a band of course) and choose a song, let's say in the middle of the list, then it jumps to the first song in the list.
When I pick a song from the "Artists" tab (and pick a band of course) and choose a song, let's say in the middle of the list, then it jumps to the first song in the list.
Community Legend
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I posted about this problem earlier but nothing was working so im trying again with a different angle Yesterday i added 10-12 new songs to my playlist, and ever since, i havent heard any of the new songs on my shuffle play.. I even downloaded the son...
I posted about this problem earlier but nothing was working so im trying again with a different angle 😉 Yesterday i added 10-12 new songs to my playlist, and ever since, i havent heard any of...
Not applicable
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5 replies
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In the Android app, Spotify starts on top with a collection of playlists based on my interests. This section is called "You might also like". Is there anything like this in the desktop app? For me it only shows some local playlists (those are all in ...
In the Android app, Spotify starts on top with a collection of playlists based on my interests. This section is called "You might also like". Is there anything like this in the desktop&...
Casual Listener
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6 replies
1 likes
I'm having a problem with my desktop Spotify where it won't play certain artists or songs. They work on the web player at home and at work. I think the problem may be that I have the files locally on my home PC in a file type that Spotify may not rec...
I'm having a problem with my desktop Spotify where it won't play certain artists or songs. They work on the web player at home and at work. I think the problem may be that I have the files locally on...
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So I go to for example Drake and click a song 4 songs down from the top. Well it gets highlighted in a grey tab but plays the top song in the list. It does this for any list of songs including playlists. In order to switch songs you need to play the ...
So I go to for example Drake and click a song 4 songs down from the top. Well it gets highlighted in a grey tab but plays the top song in the list. It does this for any list of songs including playli...
Casual Listener
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Does anyone know a way I can select all the music in my library and add it to a playlist? Is this even possible?
Does anyone know a way I can select all the music in my library and add it to a playlist? Is this even possible?
Spotify Legend
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Is this problem ever going to be fixed? I realize its only been a week or so, but I pay for this service and would appreciate it working properly. I know the topic has already been posted, but the only answers are "i have this problem too" or "they'r...
Is this problem ever going to be fixed? I realize its only been a week or so, but I pay for this service and would appreciate it working properly. I know the topic has already been posted, but the on...
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I have two windows machines that both have the desktop version installed (1.0.51.693.g6ea1e7f6). I have the player open on both machines. I have the player open on machine a (work laptop) to contol the music which is connected (via the connet to devi...
I have two windows machines that both have the desktop version installed (1.0.51.693.g6ea1e7f6). I have the player open on both machines. I have the player open on machine a (work laptop)&n...
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I enjoy my Daily mix on my phone. And I've recently been told that it is available on the Desktop now. But it is not showing up on mine.
I enjoy my Daily mix on my phone. And I've recently been told that it is available on the Desktop now. But it is not showing up on mine.
Spotify Star
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5 replies
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After the latest update to spotify desktop app on Windows, whenever I go to play a song from the "Artist From Your Music" page it doesn't play the song I clicked to play. Instead it just plays a random song. Turning shuffle off doesn't solve the prob...
After the latest update to spotify desktop app on Windows, whenever I go to play a song from the "Artist From Your Music" page it doesn't play the song I clicked to play. Instead it just plays a rand...
Regular
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