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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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Solved!! Desktop: Jam now available

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...

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Desktop: New "Now Playing View" sidebar

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...

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Jenjam

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New Your Library sidebar

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...

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Spotify pauses after every song

Spotify on my Windows 8.1 machine pauses after playing one song. It is super annoying and only does it on this device. Luckily I have and auto hot key script that lets me skip to the next song and it will begin to play. I have to do this every time I...

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Spotify on my Windows 8.1 machine pauses after playing one song. It is super annoying and only does it on this device. Luckily I have and auto hot key script that lets me skip to the next song and it...

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Some songs being added to my library

( warning : bad english )Hey guys, i have a weird problem. Whenever i log into my account I see some songs in my library that i didn't add. After I saw them, I delete them and the next time i log into my account they are back in there. I'm using my a...

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( warning : bad english 😕 ) Hey guys, i have a weird problem. Whenever i log into my account I see some songs in my library that i didn't add. After I saw them, I delete them and the next time i lo...

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Spotify starts a song, plays it for 0.01 seconds and then restarts the song

And that repeats all the time. It was working perfectly just a few weeks ago. Now it's unusable. It sometimes plays the song for 1 second and then restarts that song and repeats. So you hear like "Ah..... Ah.... Ah...." the beginning of the song over...

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And that repeats all the time. It was working perfectly just a few weeks ago. Now it's unusable. It sometimes plays the song for 1 second and then restarts that song and repeats. So you hear like "Ah...

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Cache Harddrive issues?

Hey I've been reading online that Spotify keeps writing on your harddrive. Since it goes onto the system harddrive (my SSD) I heard that it can be bad. true or false?

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Hey I've been reading online that Spotify keeps writing on your harddrive. Since it goes onto the system harddrive (my SSD) I heard that it can be bad. true or false?

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Music only playing for 2 seconds

I was listening to music all morning with no problem and then the player paused the song. Now when I hit play, it only plays the song for 2 seconds and pauses it again.

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I was listening to music all morning with no problem and then the player paused the song. Now when I hit play, it only plays the song for 2 seconds and pauses it again. 

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Sharp buzzing during playback?

I'm using Windows 10 to stream Spotify and just took them up on the offer of premium for 99 cents, but thinking about canceling and never using them again, and I have been using them on my cellphone also, problems there also, the problems on the desk...

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I'm using Windows 10 to stream Spotify and just took them up on the offer of premium for 99 cents, but thinking about canceling and never using them again, and I have been using them on my cellphone ...

SandraHoutz

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posting on my fb account

hi everybody. on the desktop version i actually cannot share my music on my fb page. I am connected with fb login but it seems like in the desktop version the system doesn't remember it (and even my fb pic isn't correctly displayed). Please see attac...

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hi everybody. on the desktop version i actually cannot share my music on my fb page. I am connected with fb login but it seems like in the desktop version the system doesn't remember it (and even my ...

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Windows 10 - Spotify error 17, possible group restrictions

Hi guys,I have windows 10 enterprise 64-bit.Current spotify version is 1.0.42.151I start up Spotify and it begins the installer, to which I receive an error "Spotify could not be started (Error Code: 17)I had previously been able to get around this b...

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Hi guys, I have windows 10 enterprise 64-bit. Current spotify version is 1.0.42.151 I start up Spotify and it begins the installer, to which I receive an error "Spotify could not be started (Err...

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i can't find my own profile

i can't find my profile and people can't look me up, any solutions thanks?

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i can't find my profile and people can't look  me up,  any solutions thanks?

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Sometimes interactions don't work

Sometimes things work. Sometimes nothing happens. Adding songs to a playlist (Starred is bugged to **bleep**)Removing songs from a playlistCan't sort songs in my own library (there are no green arrows anywhere) And a bunch of other things that aren't...

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Sometimes things work. Sometimes nothing happens.   Adding songs to a playlist (Starred is bugged to **bleep**) Removing songs from a playlist Can't sort songs in my own library (there are ...

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Discover Weekly bug

My discover weekly picture has not changed for about 3 months how can i change or fix this?

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My discover weekly picture has not changed for about 3 months how can i change or fix this?

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Can't Add Playlists to Folders on Desktop App

Hello,I am able to create folders in my desktop app but I cannot add any playlists to them. I am not sure why Thank you for your time!

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Hello, I am able to create folders in my desktop app but I cannot add any playlists to them. I am not sure why 😞 Thank you for your time!

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Solved!! Spotiamb 0.2.1 Connected Device

I'm experiencing a connected device that is not a device that I own. Music plays at random after it being paused for a bit. I've already done the following: Logged out of all devices, and reset me password. This worked for a few moments it seemed, an...

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I'm experiencing a connected device that is not a device that I own. Music plays at random after it being paused for a bit.    I've already done the following:   Logged out of all ...

ironfuturist

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Superuser Contribution Weird reverb effect happening only on Spotify

So I have this issue only on my main desktop. I use Spotify on like 5 other devices and I don't have this issue. Using Spotify Premium 1.0.43.123.g80176796 on Windows 10 1607. This issue does not happen on Spotify on Chrome 57.0.2936.0.

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So I have this issue only on my main desktop. I use Spotify on like 5 other devices and I don't have this issue. Using Spotify Premium 1.0.43.123.g80176796 on Windows 10 1607.   This issu...

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Solved!! Missing Images

Someone is having problems with Account Images on Spotify latest version? Yesterday the app has launched a update that bugged my account like this: There is some fix?

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Someone is having problems with Account Images on Spotify latest version? Yesterday the app has launched a update that bugged my account like this: There is some fix? 

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Nothing is playing

Yesterday, the Spotify program on my computer decided to stop working after a new update. Every time I try to play anything (mind you I have Premium), I am getting the "This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import ...

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Yesterday, the Spotify program on my computer decided to stop working after a new update. Every time I try to play anything (mind you I have Premium), I am getting the "This song is not available. If...

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This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it.

I've tried everything, all the solutions everyone has listed. Downloading the older version of Spotify which was a common fix for most people did not fix my issue. It's only working on my iPhone, but not on my PC laptop at work. I play Spotify all da...

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I've tried everything, all the solutions everyone has listed. Downloading the older version of Spotify which was a common fix for most people did not fix my issue. It's only working on my iPhone, but...

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random pausing

Hi.Spotify started pausing constantly for me while using my keyboard buttons - gaming, typing this post even. And it happens with every button I press randomly. Is there any way to disable that? Fresh reinstall didn't work either. Edit: Started pausi...

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Hi. Spotify started pausing constantly for me while using my keyboard buttons - gaming, typing this post even. And it happens with every button I press randomly. Is there any way to disable that? Fr...

Bittencourt

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Spotify (Desktop) Window going invisible

Everytime I start Spotify the window shows for a second and then hides itself. In the taskbar and on task manager its still running but wont show up as a window. Please help me fix this as I cant use it after several reinstalls. Thanks.

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Everytime I start Spotify the window shows for a second and then hides itself. In the taskbar and on task manager its still running but wont show up as a window. Please help me fix this as I can...

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Discover Weekly playlist image

The picture on my Discover Weekly playlist I dont want to veiw it any more, How ever its been there for a while now bout maybe 3 months and time goes on people chagne i just want it removed i have it connected to facebook thats were it came from howe...

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The picture on my Discover Weekly playlist I dont want to veiw it any more, How ever its been there for a while now bout maybe 3 months and time goes on people chagne i just want it removed i ha...

timmieschaap

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