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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...
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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...
It runs ok but after a while it crashes my computer (windows 7 64bit). Need to restart the pc using the restart button...:(((( It worked ok until it automatically reinstalled a fews days ago.
It runs ok but after a while it crashes my computer (windows 7 64bit). Need to restart the pc using the restart button...:(((( It worked ok until it automatically reinstalled a fews days ago. &nb...
Casual Listener
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Sometimes the client will refuse to let me right click an individual song from an album, even if its a song that it's let me do that before, which will make queue building and playlist creation frustrating. It lets me do it no problem if I click on t...
Sometimes the client will refuse to let me right click an individual song from an album, even if its a song that it's let me do that before, which will make queue building and playlist creation frust...
Roadie
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I have bee adding my to my acount. I test sofware / hardware / website services and suppoty/ I was not happy with Google Music when they gave it to me and returned it I have a Windows 8 64bit laptop, a 2 (two) Windos 7 Ultimate 32bi PCt. a Windows 8 ...
I have bee adding my to my acount. I test sofware / hardware / website services and suppoty/ I was not happy with Google Music when they gave it to me and returned it &n...
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Hi, for about a month or two now noone has been able to go on my spotify profile as it crashes whenever it's accessed (not even me). Profile: 112107761 Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
Hi, for about a month or two now noone has been able to go on my spotify profile as it crashes whenever it's accessed (not even me). Profile: 112107761 Any ideas? Thanks in...
Casual Listener
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As you can see from the attached files, pictures are not showing/loading in my Spoify for users or on the Discover page. It does show for artists, and the albums covers also. I've tried logging in and out, disconnecting and reconnecting to Facebook, ...
As you can see from the attached files, pictures are not showing/loading in my Spoify for users or on the Discover page. It does show for artists, and the albums covers also. I've tr...
Newbie
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Hello, I've just logged onto my Spotify to be told to restart Spotify to install latest version. I've done so and 20 minutes later its still installing. I have 30MG broadband so it shouldn't be taking this long. Anyone else had this problem?
Hello, I've just logged onto my Spotify to be told to restart Spotify to install latest version. I've done so and 20 minutes later its still installing. I have 30MG broadband so it shouldn't be takin...
Newbie
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I made a messy mistake with itunes and figure it will just be quicker to start over.... What's the quickest way to delete all of my playlists without mannuly deleting how ever many hundreds there are. thanks Beau
I made a messy mistake with itunes and figure it will just be quicker to start over.... What's the quickest way to delete all of my playlists without mannuly deleting how ever many hundreds there are...
Casual Listener
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When i try to play Songs from the Album Urban (Various Artists – Urban) the Songs that are being played are the Wrong ones. For example My **bleep** from Micky Avalon is wrong and some others i tested as well. Could somebody from Spotify please look ...
When i try to play Songs from the Album Urban (Various Artists – Urban) the Songs that are being played are the Wrong ones. For example My **bleep** from Micky Avalon is wrong and some others i tes...
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I have tried: Tested all countries and the "for me"/ "everywhere" options Log out / in Turn off / on Reinstall Still not working. What to do next?
I have tried: Tested all countries and the "for me"/ "everywhere" options Log out / in Turn off / on Reinstall Still not working. What to do next?
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I've seen a number of posts similar to this problem, but they have been for Mac rather than PC. I'm running Spotify Unlimited on Windows 7 Starter 32-bit Service Pack 1 and at first the problem was that Spotify would immediately crash without even op...
I've seen a number of posts similar to this problem, but they have been for Mac rather than PC. I'm running Spotify Unlimited on Windows 7 Starter 32-bit Service Pack 1 and at first the pr...
Regular
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Feeling quite P'd off at the moment as I am a very big Spotify fan. My account payment bounced so I was reduced from premium to regular/unpaid for a day. Fixed up the bank issue and restored Premium access within 24 hours. My WIndows 7 Spotify player...
Feeling quite P'd off at the moment as I am a very big Spotify fan. My account payment bounced so I was reduced from premium to regular/unpaid for a day. Fixed up the bank issue and restor...
Newbie
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I have an older premium account (sign in with spotify ID, not Facebook) and have recently lost the majority of my playlists. I'm also seeing playlists from another user (and these aren't playlists I've subscribed to). I've also tried connecting my Fa...
I have an older premium account (sign in with spotify ID, not Facebook) and have recently lost the majority of my playlists. I'm also seeing playlists from another user (and these aren't playlists I'...
Community Legend
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So I've been trying to listen to Love & Drugs by The Maine, off of their new album Forever Halloween, and about 1:30 in, it says it "can't play the current track". I was wondering if this was an issue I might be having with my app or if it was some k...
So I've been trying to listen to Love & Drugs by The Maine, off of their new album Forever Halloween, and about 1:30 in, it says it "can't play the current track". I was wondering if this was an ...
Casual Listener
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Hello everyone, I have this problem with spotify: i open spotify and listen normaly to music but after ~ 5/10 minutes my pc freeze and i have to reboot... i readed this http://community.spotify.com/t5/Help-Desktop-Linux-Mac-and/My-Pc-Freeze-when-i-m-...
Hello everyone, I have this problem with spotify: i open spotify and listen normaly to music but after ~ 5/10 minutes my pc freeze and i have to reboot... i readed this http://...
Visitor
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When I listen to the mentioned Album, the quality varies heavily. In some songs quality is really poor, others sound quite normal. What can be the problem?
When I listen to the mentioned Album, the quality varies heavily. In some songs quality is really poor, others sound quite normal. What can be the problem?
Casual Listener
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Hi, Today I have updated Spotify to the latest version. And I've noticed with shock that the "new releases" are simply gone! There is now "Discover", but the new releases are no longer found there. How can I get back again the new releases?
Hi, Today I have updated Spotify to the latest version. And I've noticed with shock that the "new releases" are simply gone! There is now "Discover", but the new releases...
Roadie
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I started playing an album, then while the album was still playing, I performed a search, reviewed results, and finally used the back button to go back to the album. The playing track is no longer marked with the green icon on the left. See attached ...
I started playing an album, then while the album was still playing, I performed a search, reviewed results, and finally used the back button to go back to the album. The playing track is no longer ma...
Community Legend
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Ever since I installed Spotify, I have been experiencing problems with sound cards. Spotify would refuse tp play music, or the card driver would stop working at all (no application can play music until the card is reset/restarted). This has never hap...
Ever since I installed Spotify, I have been experiencing problems with sound cards. Spotify would refuse tp play music, or the card driver would stop working at all (no application can play music unt...
Roadie
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After the last update, my spotify stopped working. It did work previously without problems but this morning it no longer opened at all. I'm using a Windows 8 system. I attempted to open spotify and there was no response whatsoever. No error message w...
After the last update, my spotify stopped working. It did work previously without problems but this morning it no longer opened at all. I'm using a Windows 8 system. I attempted to open sp...
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If I make a playlist secret, will that mean that my friends already following it and/or colaborating on it will no longer be able to see it?
If I make a playlist secret, will that mean that my friends already following it and/or colaborating on it will no longer be able to see it?
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