How to get the old version of spotify! (0.8.5 > 1.0.1)

[awfulshot]

PC users:

Go to C:/Users/<Name>/Appdata/Roaming/Spotify

1. Make a new empy text file
2. Name it Spotify_new.exe
3. Right click the file and make the file read only

1. Make a new empty text file
2. Name it Spotify_new.exe.sig
3. Right click the file and make the file read only

Spotify will not be able to update because it can't delete the files, because they are read only, all future upgrades will fail.

This method is easy to use and permanent.

MAC:

Mount the image and replace the application in your Applications folder with the downloaded one
Now to make sure Spotify doesn't auto-update:
Go to your ~/Library folder - you can do this in Finder by doing shift+cmd+g and typing "~/Library" without the quotes and hitting enter
Go to Application Support/Spotify
Delete Spotify_new.archive and Spotify_new.archive.sig (if they are there)
Now open your favorite text editor, I used TextWrangler
Make two blank documents and save them as "Spotify_new.archive" and "Spotify_new.archive.sig" - without the quotes, the same file names as the ones you deleted
Right click each file and go to "Get Info"
Check the "Locked" button on each and close the info window
You should now see a small lock icon on each file
Restart Spotify and enjoy 0.8.5 without auto updates to 0.8.8

All this info was copied from the spotify forums

[Black_Francis]

My 0.8.5 is crashing randomly when a blank advertisement appears at the bottom. I need this version to work!



Anyone experiencing the same issue? I've tried reinstalling with no luck.



(talking about Windows 0.8.5 version of the client)

[joylessentree26 · Accepted solution]

I am having the exact same issue, and have been having it for at least a month (I have always kept this version of the client since I have pretty much hated every update since 0.8.5). 

The crash is definitely related to the banner ads that appear at the bottom of the client. I don't have a fix, but if you keep the screen somewhere where the banner ads don't show (i.e. the "what's new" page), Spotify won't crash.  It does make it difficult to navigate through my library or find new music without crashing though so I wold LOVE a fix if someone has one!

[Black_Francis]

It works, thanks!

I'm almost sure that the banner ads which make Spotify crash are the flash-based ones. With the google ads it works ok, but when it loads a flash ad it crashes within seconds.