Black Screen within the Program (Win 7)

[bocki]

Hey, Spotify has been working good for a couple of months now but a couple of days ago it stopped working.

-I can still play music but Stuff like: "Follow, Messages, App Finder, Radio, TuneWiki" it is all black.

-Today it also stopped loading most of my plalists. It just says loading.

Attached is a screenshot what my blackscreen looks like.

I think the problem started after the last update. I tried to put back on the old version, didnt change anything. I am back to the newest version now.

Any ideas?

[inkyhat]

Spotify you guys need to fix this **bleep**ing bull**bleep**. Had zero problem with spotify for several years and now when I want to listen to something I have to pull up my Starred playlist. I'm just gonna cancel my premium and get Pandora. Thanks for screwing a loyal customer with your **bleep**ty development team.

[FabGuy]

For those of us not so 'tech-saavy' IS there a way to fix this yet? Several clean installations, new graphic drivers, etc later I can access anything as far as playlists I already have but nothing in the center at all. I can search and find stuff but if I click on it, it goes to that black hole in the middle and nothing. 

[Joe]

Try this post by one ot the staff. Shout if anything isn't clear.

[FabGuy · Accepted solution]

Actually, for some reason, I right-clicked on the Spotify icon on my screen, opened 'Properties', clicked on the 'Compatability' tab, and had to rechose the Windows version that i presently am using. It was switched or a default setting and it all started to work again now. That's a bit TOO simple in comparison to all the other steps we had to take previously.

[Joe]

Great - enjoy your music 🙂

[Mike_999]

Adding " --disable-accelerated-layers" to the end of the exe shortcut worked for me.

[gudenpedda]

Worked for me as well

[hongyi1983]

Yup. Adding " --disable-accelerated-layers" worked for me too. Thank you.

[kbrooksc]

Good news! Sometimes the simple fixes are the ones that matter most!

[VAL79 · Accepted solution]

What worked for me was to make sure Spotify was set to "Run as Administrator." It then worked without a hitch.

[menoresh]

This worked for me. I tried everything else. Thanks!