After receiving a tip from reader Moshe Isaacian, we reached out to Spotify for info, and the company said it will share more details on Monday. Spotify Codes could make it easier for friends to share music with each other and artists to promote their work. Scan these Spotify Codes with the new camera in the Spotify app’s search bar to instantly play that music. The new Spotify Codes feature creates a unique barcode and album cover image for every song, album, artist, and playlist. If you've been surprised by the sudden appearance of Spotify on your computer and you want to get rid of the app, you can uninstall it via the Apps > Apps & features section of the Settings app.Spotify has taken a tip from Snapchat with its new feature for sharing music via scannable images.

With no comment forthcoming from either Spotify or Microsoft, it is not clear if the forced installations are some sort of accident, or if the two companies have entered into a partnership. Looking to Reddit and Microsoft's support forum reveals that quite a few people are affected. The fact that Spotify is configured to run automatically at startup is irritating affected Windows users and baffling some less experienced users. Interestingly, it is the Microsoft Store version of the Spotify app that is being installed, and there is no way to block such forced installations.Īs reported by TechRadar, the sudden appearance of an unwanted icon in the Windows taskbar is confusing as well as annoying for many people. People are annoyed about what is happening for several reasons, not least of which is the sense of losing agency over what their computers do. Whoopsie daisy! Microsoft accidentally released the Windows 11 KB5017383 update to WSUS.Microsoft is working on a new File Locksmith PowerToys utility to reveal which processes are using a file.

Microsoft releases KB5017389 update for WindUpdate to fix dozens of problems.

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