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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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Keyboard Play/Pause button no longer functioning since last update

I have a Microsoft keyboard with 4 multimedia buttons: 1. play/pause 2. volume down 3. volume up 4. mute The play/pause button had always worked in Spotify, but now it doesn't. I just updated to version 0.9.10.22.gf87988f9.

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I have a Microsoft keyboard with 4 multimedia buttons: 1. play/pause 2. volume down 3. volume up 4. mute   The play/pause button had always worked in Spotify, but now it doesn't. &nb...

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When will the songs on Maroon 5s album Overexposed be available in Sweden?

Since nobody can really explain to me why an album's that have been available for at least a year suddenly stops being available, while I might add the commentary on the songs are still available, I'd like to know when the whole album - songs and com...

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Since nobody can really explain to me why an album's that have been available for at least a year suddenly stops being available, while I might add the commentary on the songs are still available, I'...

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Solved!! Do activity sharing preferences affect statistics on your profile?

If I change my preferences so that I'm not sharing my activity with Spotify followers, will the statistics on my profile (top artists, playlists) still change to reflect my current music taste, or will they just remain static or disappear after a whi...

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If I change my preferences so that I'm not sharing my activity with Spotify followers, will the statistics on my profile (top artists, playlists) still change to reflect my current music taste, or wi...

Joe

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Recently Played empty

I have looked been searching for a resolution to my problem, but can't find anything. 1) There is not any content under my Recently Played Artists and my activity is not showing up in feeds. My settings are set for my activity to show, but nothing is...

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I have looked been searching for a resolution to my problem, but can't find anything.   1) There is not any content under my Recently Played Artists and my activity is not showing up in...

Joe

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Starring Songs with TuneWiki

Use the tunewiki app click the tiny star next to the song title and it will move automatically to your starred folder

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Use the tunewiki app click the tiny star next to the song title and it will move automatically to your starred folder  

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Premium account hacked

Somebody has hacked my spotify account and changed my email address to their own and changed my password. I can't change the password back because it keeps asking me for current password (i do not know this because the hacker set it) and sending a pa...

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Somebody has hacked my spotify account and changed my email address to their own and changed my password. I can't change the password back because it keeps asking me for current password (i do not kn...

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Why Spotify?

Okay, I'll try this again (I thought for sure I posted a message about this, but in my posts lists I don't see one -- it's heck to get old). I'm about a week away from the end of my free Premium trial and at this point I can't see any reason to conti...

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Okay, I'll try this again (I thought for sure I posted a message about this, but in my posts lists I don't see one -- it's heck to get old).   I'm about a week away from the end of my free P...

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Spotify has changed a song to a spanish cover version

Hello! I logged onto spotify, and started to play the album Franz Ferdinand, by Franz Ferdinand. Suddenly, when it reached "The dark of the matinée", the original version didn't play, but instead a spanish cover version. I simply cannot get the origi...

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Hello!   I logged onto spotify, and started to play the album Franz Ferdinand, by Franz Ferdinand.  Suddenly, when it reached "The dark of the matinée", the original version didn't pl...

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Playlists, radio and duplicates

Hi, I have a question to team/users: I play radio based on playlist. Lets say that I like some song and want to add it to my playlist. I click Add to -> playlist, and yes, its there. Nice. But very often Spotify radio keeps looping around the same se...

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Hi,    I have a question to team/users:    I play radio based on playlist. Lets say that I like some song and want to add it to my playlist. I click Add to -> playlist,...

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Solved!! Spotify forcing itself to desktop foreground?

I have never, EVER, had this problem before but here goes: Here I am playing my good ol' World of Warcraft, really quiet like, and I think to myself, "darn, I'd really like to listen to some music." So I do as I always do, and start up spotify, throw...

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I have never, EVER, had this problem before but here goes:   Here I am playing my good ol' World of Warcraft, really quiet like, and I think to myself, "darn, I'd really like to listen to so...

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my speaker icon is covered by advertisement..

Anyone know how to uncover the icon so I can adjust the speaker volume? Image attached showing the ad... have tried refreshing...restarting... changing zoom in and out... nothing works...

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Anyone know how to uncover the icon so I can adjust the speaker volume?  Image attached showing the ad... have tried refreshing...restarting... changing zoom in and out... nothing works...

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Spotify crash on launch

When launching spotify it crashes about 1-3 seconds after.. Any ideas as to why? And how to fix it? This happened recently, and does not happen when using older versions.Any help would be much obliged.

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When launching spotify it crashes about 1-3 seconds after.. Any ideas as to why? And how to fix it? This happened recently, and does not happen when using older versions. Any help would be much ob...

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"Discover" language problem

Hi. I set english language in the Desktop App (http://screencloud.net/v/Ck1o) but in "Discover" I got suggestions in spanish (http://screencloud.net/v/1h6). In the web app I have the same issue (http://screencloud.net/v/9VPa). I want have suggestions...

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Hi.     I set english language in the Desktop App (http://screencloud.net/v/Ck1o) but in "Discover" I got suggestions in spanish (http://screencloud.net/v/1h6). In the web app I ...

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Spotify Play Button not working

A lot of the buttons does not respong when i click them with my finger. Sometimes I dont have my mouse with me, and a simple thing as allowing us to click using touch should definitely work. I consider this a serious bug. Using Windows 8 with a touch...

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A lot of the buttons does not respong when i click them with my finger. Sometimes I dont have my mouse with me, and a simple thing as allowing us to click using touch should definitely work. I consid...

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Seeking understanding of local file upload with my new acct.

im trying to grasp the local file bit on spotify. ive just recently downloaded the program and upon my first glance around i noticed "local files" being synced to my acct. what is this? is it simular to torrent seeding? does it allow any ccess to fil...

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im trying to grasp the local file bit on spotify. ive just recently downloaded the program and upon my first glance around i noticed "local files" being synced to my acct.  what is this? is it...

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How To Recreate a Library!

Are you someone who has 50,000 songs scattered across maybe hundreds of playlists? You can recreate your library and even be able to search within it for just that special single song you are looking for. How To: 1. Click on the word FILE in the uppe...

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Are you someone who has 50,000 songs scattered across maybe hundreds of playlists? You can recreate your library and even be able to search within it for just that special single song you are looking...

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the wood brothers smoke ring halo

Some of the tracks off this album skip around and click and im pretty sure there's other albums/songs with the Skippy problem as well . Also there's another band on the wood brothers page also (the wood brothers) that should be on a different page . ...

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Some of the tracks off this album skip around and click and im pretty sure there's other albums/songs with the Skippy problem  as well  . Also there's another band on the wood brothers pa...

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Facebook problems/ Billing twice

Hi, I recently synced my Spotify account with my Facebook account, but instead of simply connecting the two it seems as though it's created an entirely new Spotify account for me, so what I now have is one account which is the original, is on my phon...

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Hi,   I recently synced my Spotify account with my Facebook account, but instead of simply connecting the two it seems as though it's created an entirely new Spotify account for me, so what ...

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Songs not appearing in 'Your Music'

Hi, I spent a long time today, adding all my old playlists of albums to 'Your Music' so my Spotify wouldn't be as cluttered. I finished this, and was listening to the playlist all day. However, I've got home and logged into Spotify on a different com...

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Hi,   I spent a long time today, adding all my old playlists of albums to 'Your Music' so my Spotify wouldn't be as cluttered.   I finished this, and was listening to the playlist a...

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A strange occurence of music linking to different tracks.

O.K I just had something strange and unusual happen. I was organizing my playlists setting them up under a folder tree structure to get a Library feature of sorts of all the music I have in all my playlists. I was going through the playlists checking...

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O.K I just had something strange and unusual happen. I was organizing my playlists setting them up under a folder tree structure to get a Library feature of sorts of all the music I have in all my pl...

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