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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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[Troubleshooting] Windows

Having trouble with the Spotify desktop app? Here’s a step-by-step guide to help get things working again. What to try first Perform a soft reset (generally rebooting the device will suffice). If that doesn’t help, try a clean reinstall. Be sure to l...

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Re: Inbox and messages

What has happened to the `repeat one` to repeat the current track button? My most used feature is not apparent anywhere on the desktop client

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  • What has happened to the `repeat one` to repeat the current track button?   My most used feature is not apparent anywhere on the desktop client
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Re: Inbox and messages

Please don't hijack this thread - it is supposed to remain on the topic of the loss of the Inbox, messages and notifications. (btw, my desktop client still has the repeat buttons (as of today, 21 Mar 17).

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  • Please don't hijack this thread - it is supposed to remain on the topic of the loss of the Inbox, messages and notifications.   (btw, my desktop client still has the repeat buttons (as of toda...
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Re: Inbox and messages

At the very least, a sincere response from Spotify would do wonders.

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  • At the very least, a sincere response from Spotify would do wonders.
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Re: Inbox and messages

Hey, Rorey. It's actually kind of cool that the team at Spotify is scouring inboxes and drop-shipping a playlist into their account. That's the sort of above and beyond-type of thing I'm used to with the Spotify brand. But how much effort is now bein...

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  • Hey, Rorey. It's actually kind of cool that the team at Spotify is scouring inboxes and drop-shipping a playlist into their account. That's the sort of above and beyond-type of thing I'm used to with...
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Friends Feed is not working! Running latest version of spotify 1.0.50

For a week now the friends feed is not working! It just shows:" See what your friends are playing.Find friends". I have logged in and out of spotify, followed and unfollowed all my friends and connected the account to facebook. And I have tried unins...

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  • For a week now the friends feed is not working! It just shows:" See what your friends are playing.Find friends". I have logged in and out of spotify, followed and unfollowed all my friends and c...
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Play music

I cant navigate to figure how to play music. I can log-in to my account, but cant (appparently) log-in to play my playlists, etc. on my windows 10 laptop? I can play music etc. with same account log-in info, on my android smartphone, but not my Sony ...

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  • I cant navigate to figure how to play music. I can log-in to my account, but cant (appparently) log-in to play my playlists, etc. on my windows 10 laptop? I can play music etc. with same account log-...
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Saved Albums Keep Skipping To Track 1

Since update:I double tap on a track on a saved album and no matter which track I click on, the player plays track 1. I can manually hit skip to skip to next song but double clicking does not work. Windows 7 and Windows 10 confirmed

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  • Since update: I double tap on a track on a saved album and no matter which track I click on, the player plays track 1. I can manually hit skip to skip to next song but double clicking does not wor...
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Bad image error- can't play or install spotify

Hi Spotify stopped working on my Windows 8 PC. I reinstalled and it won't even install. I get the error message -Spotify.exe - Bad Image. C:Windows/system32/credui.dll is either not designed to run on windows or it contains an error. Try installing t...

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  • Hi Spotify stopped working on my Windows 8 PC. I reinstalled and it won't even install. I get the error message - Spotify.exe - Bad Image. C:Windows/system32/credui.dll is either not designed to run...
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Spotify app won't open Windows 7

Hi, I've been struggling to open my Spotify app for my laptop. My laptop recently automatically installed the update for the Spotify app but it wouldn't open. I thought I had to restart the laptop to get it to work but that didn't help. I then uninst...

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  • Hi,   I've been struggling to open my Spotify app for my laptop.   My laptop recently automatically installed the update for the Spotify app but it wouldn't open. I thought I had to res...
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Solved!! Play button does not work

I recently became a Premium member and I started to get a problem on my Spotify desktop application. I noticed that the play button does not work properly. When I select a song to play, besides the first one, the play button will always play the firs...

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  • I recently became a Premium member and I started to get a problem on my Spotify desktop application. I noticed that the play button does not work properly. When I select a song to play, besides the f...
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Solved!! pause/fade outs between songs

I hope you guys can help me out. I noticed, and find it very annoyning, when spotify automatically puts pauses/fade outs between songs of live recorded concerts (e.a. Moderat) and other "mix-cd's". Is there any way to do something about this? Thanks ...

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  • I hope you guys can help me out. I noticed, and find it very annoyning, when spotify automatically puts pauses/fade outs between songs of live recorded concerts (e.a. Moderat) and other "mix-cd's". I...
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Desktop player screams static after playing ad

I was playing Depeche Mode's new album on my desktop while reading stuff online, when an ad came on. Don't remember what it was for, but right after the ad concluded there was this incredibly loud screetching noise that sounded like radio static. My ...

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  • I was playing Depeche Mode's new album on my desktop while reading stuff online, when an ad came on. Don't remember what it was for, but right after the ad concluded there was this incredibly loud sc...
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How can i remove a Spotify Connect Hama device

I connectect my Android Phone with a Hama device via Spotify Connect once. Now it's listed in my device list alle the time. I can't find the device in my "Offline" list on the Spotify Website.Is there a way to remove it?

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  • I connectect my Android Phone with a Hama device via Spotify Connect once. Now it's listed in my device list alle the time. I can't find the device in my "Offline" list on the Spotify Website. Is th...
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Volume slider has no impact on volume when using Motu 8pre FireWire interface

Brief description:The slider on the bottom right of the Spotify desktop client can be changed but does not affect the volume. This is noticeable for all states of the slider. Attachment 1 shows the connection diagram. Steps to reproduce this issue:No...

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  • Brief description: The slider on the bottom right of the Spotify desktop client can be changed but does not affect the volume. This is noticeable for all states of the slider. Attachment 1 shows the...
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Solved!! Spotify crashes randomly

Hey. I use spotify premium on my laptop, with Windows 10. Over the past few days it's been crashing randomly after two or three songs and I have to restart it all over again (doesn't go back to where it was). Can you help me, please? It's kind of ann...

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  • Hey. I use spotify premium on my laptop, with Windows 10. Over the past few days it's been crashing randomly after two or three songs and I have to restart it all over again (doesn't go back to where...
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Re: Inbox and messages

We don't want a playlist, we want to be able to share songs again. Why is that so hard to understand?

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  • We don't want a playlist, we want to be able to share songs again. Why is that so hard to understand?
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Spotify is not working

OK so when i start spotify its just pops up the tab and starts blinking but when i click on it it just a black tab i can even go to log in screen . i Tried reinstalling it multiple times but i does not seem to work but for my android it seems to work...

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  • OK so when i start  spotify its just pops up the tab and starts blinking but when i click on it it just a black tab i can even go to log in screen . i Tried reinstalling it multiple times but i ...
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No puedo reproducir ninguna canción

Hola, soy usuario premium de Spotify en Chile. Desde ayer, cualquier canción que quiero escuchar en la app, la cual esta descargada en mi pc (windows 7), no se reproduce y me aparece el mensaje "Esta canción no está disponible. Si tienes el archivo e...

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  • Hola, soy usuario premium de Spotify en Chile. Desde ayer, cualquier canción que quiero escuchar en la app, la cual esta descargada en mi pc (windows 7), no se reproduce y me aparece el mensaje ...
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