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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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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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Server zusammenbruch ?

Hallo, Kann seid etwa 13 Uhr kein Spotify mehr hören, es meint immer ich sei Offline.Meine Internet Verbindung besteht aber ganz normal, und da die Spotify.com/de Seite 3 Minuten braucht um zu laden (jede andere unter 3 Sekunden) würde ich mal an ein...

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Hallo, Kann seid etwa 13 Uhr kein Spotify mehr hören, es meint immer ich sei Offline. Meine Internet Verbindung besteht aber ganz normal, und da die Spotify.com/de Seite 3 Minuten braucht um zu lade...

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CANT FIND A SONG

I can't find the song Teach Me How by Dirt Poor Robins. Its on the CD The Cage, but it isnt of spotify or anywhere else really. Can anyone help?

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I can't find the song Teach Me How by Dirt Poor Robins. Its on the CD The Cage, but it isnt of spotify or anywhere else really. Can anyone help?

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Superuser Contribution Cant play Music on Pc

I recently bought Sportify Premium.And since I activated it I cant listen to music anymore.When I press the start button it just shows the time but doesnt make a Sound.I tried to look for a output Change in the settings but didnt find one. So no I`m ...

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I recently bought Sportify Premium. And since I activated it I cant listen to music anymore. When I press the start button it just shows the time but doesnt make a Sound. I tried to look for a out...

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Play icon on currently playing song when you press big green "Play" button in a playlist

This might sound a little picky, but it would be really good if the "Play" icon appeared to the left of the song currently playing in your playlist, and it's highlighted. I know it appearsat the bottom in the "Currently playing" section, but it would...

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This might sound a little picky, but it would be really good if the "Play" icon appeared to the left of the song currently playing in your playlist, and it's highlighted. I know it appearsat the...

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Solved!! Spotify plays all local files songs that I just added, then doesn't play them at all

I have a playlist of 100+ songs and when I put new local files songs in it and sync them to my iPad spotify plays all of them randomly, and once I skip through them it dosen't play them at all when I hit shuffle, it only plays other songs in my playl...

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I have a playlist of 100+ songs and when I put new local files songs in it and sync them to my iPad spotify plays all of them randomly, and once I skip through them it dosen't play them at all when I...

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Problem downloading songs in windows 10

I'm a premium user but the "download" switch doesnt appear in "Your Music" > Songs. I want to download the songs from the the songs i clicked "Save to Your Music", cut the **bleep** about making the songs i want to download into a playlist and downlo...

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I'm a premium user but the "download" switch doesnt appear in "Your Music" > Songs.   I want to download the songs from the the songs i clicked "Save to Your Music", cut the **bleep** about...

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Superuser Contribution Daily Mix Crashing

Premium account, windows desktop.Works utterly fine in every regard, except for the Daily Mix Playlists.Starts off okay, always with a song i've got saved in my library or in a specific playlist (as its supposed to), but after about 15-20 seconds spo...

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Premium account, windows desktop. Works utterly fine in every regard, except for the Daily Mix Playlists. Starts off okay, always with a song i've got saved in my library or in a specific playlist ...

Alex

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Double scroll bar on desktop

As you can see, double scroll bar, one for friends, one for the edge of the screen, doesn't go up and down. I've got a 4k monitor, so 3840x2160 so it can't be too small. Doing "ctrl -" gets rid of it, but then text is darn small. This is the desktop ...

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As you can see, double scroll bar, one for friends, one for the edge of the screen, doesn't go up and down.   I've got a 4k monitor, so 3840x2160 so it can't be too small.   Doing "ctrl...

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Error 4 or Cannot play message on Desktop Version

I am fully connected to my Internet and all other sites, mail, browses, etc are working correctly but Spotify sends me errors messages that I am offline, or and error 4, or that they cannot play the song right now. Once a song does begin to play, it ...

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I am fully connected to my Internet and all other sites, mail, browses, etc are working correctly but Spotify sends me errors messages that I am offline, or and error 4, or that t...

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Windows 8.1 and Spotify Connect bug

Hi,I am exepriencing significant inconvenience when I try to run Spotify on Windows 8.1 pro: the Spotify does not see Marantz NA6005 standalone network player device. However when I run virtual Debian on the same Windows 8.1 then Spotify on Debian se...

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Hi, I am exepriencing significant inconvenience when I try to run Spotify on Windows 8.1 pro: the Spotify does not see Marantz NA6005 standalone network player device. However when I run virtual Deb...

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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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Removal of public playlists?

Is it a thing now that Spotify removes our public playlists from our profile? I can't view my own playlists or others. Hope this is just temporary, and not yet another move of Spotify to decrease the level of community, for which I started using it i...

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Is it a thing now that Spotify removes our public playlists from our profile? I can't view my own playlists or others. Hope this is just temporary, and not yet another move of Spotify to decrease the...

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Solved!! Create similar playlist isn't working anymore

I'm on v1.0.47.13.gd8e05b1f since today and I discovered that the feature "Create similar playlist" is only working with my own playlists now. Before the update I could use this feature with all playlists, now it's greyed out. Please fix this. Thank ...

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I'm on v1.0.47.13.gd8e05b1f since today and I discovered that the feature "Create similar playlist" is only working with my own playlists now. Before the update I could use this feature with all play...

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Starts a song halfway through

On both my android and on my laptop I have had instances of my songs from my playlist being started halfway through. Mostly on my android, but it has recently happened on my computer too.

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On both my android and on my laptop I have had instances of my songs from my playlist being started halfway through. Mostly on my android, but it has recently happened on my computer too.

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Switch to Browse

spotify sais....Spotify doesn't show me "my songs" It sais: "Here you can see your favorite songs, take a look at "Browse" for finding songs to every mood." I've redownloaded Spotify, I've taken a look at Browse, I've relogged to it, ... - but it doe...

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spotify sais.... Spotify doesn't show me "my songs" It sais: "Here you can see your favorite songs, take a look at "Browse" for finding songs to every mood." I've redownloaded Spotify, I've tak...

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Spotify Randomly crashes Windows 10 Pro, forces restart.

Spotify randomly crashes and I get a BSOD which forces my computer to restart. It usually happens after several hours of playing but it is not consistent. This has been going on for a few months and I have not posted here in hopes an update would fix...

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Spotify randomly crashes and I get a BSOD which forces my computer to restart. It usually happens after several hours of playing but it is not consistent. This has been going on for a few months and ...

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music jumping only for 1 album using spotify desktop (Windows 7)

Hello, I've been having an issue when playing songs from 1 album ONLY while using Spotify desktop for windows 7, the album is Connection by The Green Children, I found this very odd, as this doesn't happen while I listen to that same album trough Spo...

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Hello, I've been having an issue when playing songs from 1 album ONLY while using Spotify desktop for windows 7, the album is Connection by The Green Children, I found this very odd, as this doe...

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Old repeat one functionality

Hi spotify,I've been trying to get used to your new repeat one functionality. Where it puts it back to repeat all when you go to another song. However I like discovering new music by listening to a track over and over and then when I'm either tired o...

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Hi spotify, I've been trying to get used to your new repeat one functionality. Where it puts it back to repeat all when you go to another song. However I like discovering new music by listening to...

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This update is not working for me... :/

1. I had Equalify Pro installed on my computer and they had an updated version that is supposed to work with this new version of Spotify. Well, I installed the new Equalify and it does not work. No matter what I do.2. When I play music, I have NO aud...

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1. I had Equalify Pro installed on my computer and they had an updated version that is supposed to work with this new version of Spotify. Well, I installed the new Equalify and it does not work. No m...

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