No Pause/Next/Previous buttons on Win7 task bar

[hassanwahid]

In the new version 0.8.8.349 there is no pause/next/previous buttons when you hover over the spotify application on Win7 task bar.  This was so convenient to pause music quickly.  Please add this back

thanks

[Liam]

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@hassanwahid wrote:

In the new version 0.8.8.349 there is no pause/next/previous buttons when you hover over the spotify application on Win7 task bar.  This was so convenient to pause music quickly.  Please add this back

thanks

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That functionality is still there - you have to disable the hide from taskbar when closed option.

Liam

[hassanwahid]

Thanks for getting back so quicky!

I cant seem to find that setting.  Looked in Edit/Preferences and under account settings

[Liam · Accepted solution]

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@hassanwahid wrote:

Thanks for getting back so quicky!

I cant seem to find that setting.  Looked in Edit/Preferences and under account settings

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Right click on the system tray icon 🙂

Liam

(You will have to restart Spotify for it to work)

[hassanwahid]

Awesome!! thanks so much!

[Peter__]

There is also an open bug topic here about the multimedia controls incase you ever get some unexplained behaviour where the buttons dissappear!

Peter

[ThaJeweler]

I found the setting and it is not enabled...

The feature just vanished with the last update...

[Liam]

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@ThaJeweler wrote:

I found the setting and it is not enabled...

The feature just vanished with the last update...

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I still have the ThaJeweler 🙂

Please could you:

1. Disable the hide from taskbar when closed option (I know you said it is already disabled, but make sure)
2. Close and re-open Spotify
3. Check if the options are now there 🙂

Also, don't hide the taskbar 🙂

[user-removed]

My media controls have vanished  from the spotify task bar entry as well, not sure when, but it was recently.

• Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
• Spotify 0.9.10.14
• The "Hide from Task Bar" Option was not checked (never has been)
• My task bar is not set to auto hide
• I have  exited and restarted spotify
• Premium account

It is very annoying - I don't have media controls on my keyboard and I relied on the task bar controls.

Happy to do tests, install debug code etc.

Thanks.

[Peter__]

Possible to grab a screenshot? This was an open bug for a while but it was believed to be fixed.

[user-removed]

This was my work PC, I just remoted in from home to check and of course it is now working 🙂

However, at work I have dual monitors and I had just closed everything down for reboot so maybe that made a difference.

I'll check again tomorrow.

Thanks.

[hassanwahid]

this has been working fine, for some reason after an update it was hidden.  Just followed the steps given afte the original post:

"That functionality is still there - you have to disable the hide from taskbar when closed option.

Liam"

[elevatedsteve]

I found that those controls would dissapear when I pinned the icon to the taskbar. I unpinned it and restarted spotify and the controls are back.

[eliaspizarro]

just run as administrator, close and open as user (normal)