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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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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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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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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...
I have Windows 8.1 on my laptop and downloaded the app, but in boarding school I need to use the proxy for internet, the problem is that I can't even change the settings or anything because Spotify says that I am offline and doesn't even consider tha...
I have Windows 8.1 on my laptop and downloaded the app, but in boarding school I need to use the proxy for internet, the problem is that I can't even change the settings or anything because Spotify s...
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In my version of Spotify on my PC the filter function "Show only complete albums" in the album section isn't working. All albums, complete or not, are shown everytime.
In my version of Spotify on my PC the filter function "Show only complete albums" in the album section isn't working. All albums, complete or not, are shown everytime.
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I don't know what happened, but I have a radio station based off Janus, an American Alternaive Metal band, and it's been working flawlessly till last weekend. It's only played songs in English up until then. Now all of a sudden, about 50-75% of the s...
I don't know what happened, but I have a radio station based off Janus, an American Alternaive Metal band, and it's been working flawlessly till last weekend. It's only played songs in English up unt...
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Hi! Should be a quick answer for somone, but when does the current song share to your spotify activity feed? Is it when the song starts playing or when the song ends. Cheers!
Hi! Should be a quick answer for somone, but when does the current song share to your spotify activity feed? Is it when the song starts playing or when the song ends. Cheers! ...
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Hey guys, I'm new with spotify and I have a question: Since my music in iTunes does not always have the best quality and correct covers and so on I would like to play the tracks from iTunes via Spotify. Like I want Spotify to look up the tracks and s...
Hey guys, I'm new with spotify and I have a question: Since my music in iTunes does not always have the best quality and correct covers and so on I would like to play t...
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So I noticed that the Added Date no longer shows the year which is makes figuring out which songs were added last in a playlist that isn't yours. For example: Click ADDED once, last date "Wed Dec 3", click it again "Fri Dec 19"... lol. Is there a way...
So I noticed that the Added Date no longer shows the year which is makes figuring out which songs were added last in a playlist that isn't yours. For example: Click ADDED once, last date "Wed Dec...
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When I search for an artist etc I only get a black (and sometimes white) screen where the result usually is shown (i.e. the main field of the screen). The same happens for the choices Start, Activity and Radio.... Most often the screen is only black,...
When I search for an artist etc I only get a black (and sometimes white) screen where the result usually is shown (i.e. the main field of the screen). The same happens for the choices Star...
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I'm sitting here with my laptop in one corner of the room, and my PC is in the other corner connected to my speakers. Is it possible to use the Connect feature from the desktop client on my laptop to start playing songs on the desktop client of my PC...
I'm sitting here with my laptop in one corner of the room, and my PC is in the other corner connected to my speakers. Is it possible to use the Connect feature from the desktop client on m...
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Hi, I just wanted to share some odd behaviour I just noticed on my Windows Spotify client. Some time ago I had liked a song from a spotify radio stream, so Spotify added this song to my Liked from Radio playlist. So far all was normal, but while play...
Hi, I just wanted to share some odd behaviour I just noticed on my Windows Spotify client. Some time ago I had liked a song from a spotify radio stream, so Spotify added this song to my Li...
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I don't know why it does this, but I have had people send me songs and I can only see the very most resent song that was sent. I can not go back and look at any of the history. Also if they sent more then one song, I don't get the others only the las...
I don't know why it does this, but I have had people send me songs and I can only see the very most resent song that was sent. I can not go back and look at any of the history. Also if th...
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Hello this problem is on every of my devices here we go Description a false number of poeple im following is displayed in my profile on every device. I unfollowed about 60 poeple a longer time ago but it didn't updated the number of poeple following....
Hello 🙂 this problem is on every of my devices 😉 here we go Description a false number of poeple im following is displayed in my profile on every device. I unfoll...
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The search for playlists seems broken to me. If I browse I can find the following playlist: Top 100 tracks of 2014 - Netherlands https://play.spotify.com/user/spotify/playlist/6c0DwvgydrTQBLTi4FQYt0 However if I put "top 100 tracks of 2014" in Search...
The search for playlists seems broken to me. If I browse I can find the following playlist: Top 100 tracks of 2014 - Netherlands https://play.spotify.com/user/spotify/playlist/6c0D...
Casual Listener
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I have just re-installed spotify. It's working just fine, but my advertisments are all in some foreign language - Swedish or Norweigan maybe? My language settings are set to English. Can anyone shed some light on this?
I have just re-installed spotify. It's working just fine, but my advertisments are all in some foreign language - Swedish or Norweigan maybe? My language settings are set to English. Can an...
Casual Listener
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I have songs I added to playlists/starred track list via the web player and they are not syncing with my desktop client so I can then connect my phone to the wifi and sync it from there. I've uninstalled and reinstalled Spotify twice and it still isn...
I have songs I added to playlists/starred track list via the web player and they are not syncing with my desktop client so I can then connect my phone to the wifi and sync it from there. I've uninsta...
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This maybe an unbelievable stupid question but how in hell do you find your saved albums and download for offline playback? Surely there must be a way?
This maybe an unbelievable stupid question but how in hell do you find your saved albums and download for offline playback? Surely there must be a way?
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Once in a while, I check my Recent Activiy on Facebook. and it says I played a certain track. My Preferences for Sharing my activity and what I listen to on Facebook is also off. What's the deal? I listen to music half of my waking hours everyday.
Once in a while, I check my Recent Activiy on Facebook. and it says I played a certain track. My Preferences for Sharing my activity and what I listen to on Facebook is also off. What's the deal? I l...
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After the new update I have a slot for songs, albums and artists. I have found how to save a song (the plus sign) how to save albums (go to the album page and click save) but how on earth do you save artists?
After the new update I have a slot for songs, albums and artists. I have found how to save a song (the plus sign) how to save albums (go to the album page and click save) but how on earth do you save...
Music Fan
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I know you can sort songs within a playlist, but I am trying to sort the playlists themselves in the Windows Desktop app. Can you do this? You can do it within the Android app, but it would be nice to be able to do this in the desktop app.
I know you can sort songs within a playlist, but I am trying to sort the playlists themselves in the Windows Desktop app. Can you do this? You can do it within the Android app, but it would be nice t...
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Wondering if you could help me out. I was able to import an mp3 of my own through local files. I want to integrate it in my Music. However, Spotify will only give me the option to star it or at it to a playlist. It is only doing this for one song, no...
Wondering if you could help me out. I was able to import an mp3 of my own through local files. I want to integrate it in my Music. However, Spotify will only give me the option to star it or at it to...
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Hi, if i turn on "use hardware acceleration" it usually at some random point first freezes the software and then the whole desktop, then display goes black. when image returns i finally able to see any error messages is see this message: "display ada...
Hi, if i turn on "use hardware acceleration" it usually at some random point first freezes the software and then the whole desktop, then display goes black. when image returns i finally ab...
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