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Solved!! How to permanently turn off smart shuffle?

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...

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Solved!! Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it

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...

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Solved!! Disable Video on desktop app

There no X or way to close or stop a video on Spotify for Windows (64 bit) 1.2.64.408.g0a9b557c

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Windows Troubleshooting Guide

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...

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Unable to access files from PC on iPhone

I downloaded mp3 files and put them on my PC Spotify. It works fine and I can play the music through it without problems. Then, when I go to try and put it on my iPhone, I follow all of the directions yet it still stays greyed out on the phone. I'm o...

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I downloaded mp3 files and put them on my PC Spotify. It works fine and I can play the music through it without problems. Then, when I go to try and put it on my iPhone, I follow all of the dire...

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Spotify does not start properly (solved)

Solved by myself: I deactivated the hardware boost, and now it works! _______________________________________Brief description of the issue: Spotify doesn't start properly, there's just a black screen with some options at the top, but these don't hel...

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Solved by myself: I deactivated the hardware boost, and now it works!   _______________________________________ Brief description of the issue: Spotify doesn't start properly, there's just a...

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Re: Inbox and messages

Please, please bring back this feature. This is one of the features I've had that has brought several users from Pandora to Spotify. The ability to share music within the app is by far more efficient than text/facebook messaging.

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Please, please bring back this feature.  This is one of the features I've had that has brought several users from Pandora to Spotify. The ability to share music within the app is by far more eff...

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Spotify stops playing after one song

Lately, my Spotify app has stopped playing after (usually) one song. It completely shuts down; it can't even be found as a "background process" when I open my task manager and I have to restart the program completely.Additional info:This happens whet...

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Lately, my Spotify app has stopped playing after (usually) one song. It completely shuts down; it can't even be found as a "background process" when I open my task manager and I have to restart the p...

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Solved!! No Discover Weekly playlist today?

On both my Galaxy S7 and desktop install on win7 (1.0.45.186.g3b5036d6) there is no Discover Weekly playlist when I go into Browse->Discover. I've restarted the desktop app, signed out/signed in. Still no discover weekly playlist. Any ideas? I active...

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On both my Galaxy S7 and desktop install on win7 (1.0.45.186.g3b5036d6) there is no Discover Weekly playlist when I go into Browse->Discover. I've restarted the desktop app, signed out/signed in. ...

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Problems with public playlists

Hello, I have a problem with makingmy playlists public or private again. When I make them public, most of them are not shown in my public playlists. And the other way around, when I make public playlists private again, they stay in the public playlis...

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Hello,   I have a problem with makingmy playlists public or private again. When I make them public, most of them are not shown in my public playlists. And the other way around, when I make pub...

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Bug when listening

Hi!I'm listening a track,as soon as open spotify,and finished the track selected of a playlist spotify is closed and don't continue with the other tracks on the playlist.Whats happened?

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Hi! I'm listening a track,as soon as open spotify,and finished the track selected of a playlist spotify is closed and don't continue with the other tracks on the playlist.Whats happened?  

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Missing Tracks

I have a number of pop psych playlists all the tracks from the rubbble collection cd's are no longer available any ideas why?They are still listed under albums but all the tracks are greyed out.thanksSteve

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I have a number of pop psych playlists all the tracks from the rubbble collection cd's are no longer available any ideas why? They are still listed under albums but all the tracks are greyed out. t...

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Re: Inbox and messages

@elliott_diaz, looks like you're in the Daily Mix section of Spotify. I believe the shuffle and repeat toggle buttons only appear in a normal playlist, not in a Daily Mix or Radio Station. If you play a regular playlist, the repeat button should come...

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@elliott_diaz, looks like you're in the Daily Mix section of Spotify. I believe the shuffle and repeat  toggle buttons only appear in a normal playlist, not in a Daily Mix or Radio Station....

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Re: Inbox and messages

What has happened to the `repeat one` to repeat the current track button? My most used feature is not apparent anywhere on the desktop client

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What has happened to the `repeat one` to repeat the current track button?   My most used feature is not apparent anywhere on the desktop client

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Re: Inbox and messages

Please don't hijack this thread - it is supposed to remain on the topic of the loss of the Inbox, messages and notifications. (btw, my desktop client still has the repeat buttons (as of today, 21 Mar 17).

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Please don't hijack this thread - it is supposed to remain on the topic of the loss of the Inbox, messages and notifications.   (btw, my desktop client still has the repeat buttons (as of toda...

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Re: Inbox and messages

At the very least, a sincere response from Spotify would do wonders.

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At the very least, a sincere response from Spotify would do wonders.

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Re: Inbox and messages

Hey, Rorey. It's actually kind of cool that the team at Spotify is scouring inboxes and drop-shipping a playlist into their account. That's the sort of above and beyond-type of thing I'm used to with the Spotify brand. But how much effort is now bein...

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Hey, Rorey. It's actually kind of cool that the team at Spotify is scouring inboxes and drop-shipping a playlist into their account. That's the sort of above and beyond-type of thing I'm used to with...

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Friends Feed is not working! Running latest version of spotify 1.0.50

For a week now the friends feed is not working! It just shows:" See what your friends are playing.Find friends". I have logged in and out of spotify, followed and unfollowed all my friends and connected the account to facebook. And I have tried unins...

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For a week now the friends feed is not working! It just shows:" See what your friends are playing.Find friends". I have logged in and out of spotify, followed and unfollowed all my friends and c...

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Play music

I cant navigate to figure how to play music. I can log-in to my account, but cant (appparently) log-in to play my playlists, etc. on my windows 10 laptop? I can play music etc. with same account log-in info, on my android smartphone, but not my Sony ...

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I cant navigate to figure how to play music. I can log-in to my account, but cant (appparently) log-in to play my playlists, etc. on my windows 10 laptop? I can play music etc. with same account log-...

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Saved Albums Keep Skipping To Track 1

Since update:I double tap on a track on a saved album and no matter which track I click on, the player plays track 1. I can manually hit skip to skip to next song but double clicking does not work. Windows 7 and Windows 10 confirmed

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Since update: I double tap on a track on a saved album and no matter which track I click on, the player plays track 1. I can manually hit skip to skip to next song but double clicking does not wor...

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Bad image error- can't play or install spotify

Hi Spotify stopped working on my Windows 8 PC. I reinstalled and it won't even install. I get the error message -Spotify.exe - Bad Image. C:Windows/system32/credui.dll is either not designed to run on windows or it contains an error. Try installing t...

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Hi Spotify stopped working on my Windows 8 PC. I reinstalled and it won't even install. I get the error message - Spotify.exe - Bad Image. C:Windows/system32/credui.dll is either not designed to run...

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Spotify app won't open Windows 7

Hi, I've been struggling to open my Spotify app for my laptop. My laptop recently automatically installed the update for the Spotify app but it wouldn't open. I thought I had to restart the laptop to get it to work but that didn't help. I then uninst...

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Hi,   I've been struggling to open my Spotify app for my laptop.   My laptop recently automatically installed the update for the Spotify app but it wouldn't open. I thought I had to res...

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