Spotify opens automatically after I log in, even when I select no in settings

[Anirog]

In advanced options, under the heading 'Open Spotify' where it reads 'Open Spotify automatically after you log into the computer' I select no, restart spotify and the option has gone back to minimized, It's really annoying I don't want spotify to open automatically each time.

[brink1 · Accepted solution]

I'm running Windows 7 OS and had the same issue. I solved my problem by going to the Spotify icon (Shortcut) and right click and go to the bottom were is says properties.Click on properties then click on "open file location". Find a folder that says Users.Click and open Users folder. You sould see a folder that is your username. (xxxx-user). Click and open that folder. Find the file that says "pref". Click to open and you should get a pop-up that says "choose the program you want to use to open this file". Make sure the check box on the lower left says, "always use the selected program to open this kind of file" is unchecked (It already may be greyed out).Click on WordPad and you should see: ps.publish-playlist=0 and ps.publish-activity=0. Make both a number 3 and click save. Hopefully this will help.

[Jackelanterns]

Followed your instructions exactly and quadruple-checked every line of the word pad and was unable to find the phrases: pspublishplaylist and pspublishactivity.

Where in the word pad is it found (top, middle bottom)?  Could it be encoded in different jargon instead?

[dbe0m7]

This is still a problem. I'm on a Mac. I changed this setting a dozen times and it doesn't stick. It switches back to "minimized" every time. Doesn't look like Spotify will ever fix this. I suspect they don't want to fix this "bug" because their software is probably doing something behind the scenes, like monitoring what we do on our computers for marketing purposes.

I am uninstalling Spotify entirely because this is super annoying.