Windows 10: Firewall problems with Spotify

I tried to pull up Spotify and listen to some tunes and it keeps giving me an error, saying that my Firewalls need to be changed. I've had no trouble getting into any other site. This is a first, and it's extremely frustrating. I'm not gadget-savvy, so I'm not sure what I need to do. I have wifi/internet connection and can get anywhere else I need to go, just not Spotify.


When I put www.spotify.com in my browser, it changes to this:



http://wired.meraki.com:8090/blocke...://www.spotify.com/&blocked_categories=bc_025


and the screen looks like this:

This site can’t be reached

wired.meraki.com took too long to respond.


Try:

• Checking the connection
• Checking the proxy and the firewall
• Running Windows Network Diagnostics

ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT

:)

 

Problems with the firewall

Hi JohnTsang.

My name is Douglas and I am an Independent Advisor.

I would like to help you.

If you have problems connecting Spotify to the internet, you can try modifying the Firewall to open the ports of exit to the application with the following steps:

1. Open the group policy management console in Windows Defender Firewall with advanced security.

2. In the navigation pane, click on Rules of entry.

3. Search "Spotify" in the list.

4. Double click on "Spotify" to see the Properties.

5. Click on the "Advanced" tab.



There may be the option to specify whether the network is 'Home / Private' or 'Public'.

6. Choose 'Private'.

7. Click Ok.



Let me know if it was helpful

 

Cortana - Spotify problem

So when I tell Cortana to play a song on spotify she does successfully finds the songs but doesn't actually play it. She just brings up spotify without changing the song.

I found this fix:

• 1. Unlink Cortana (in her settings)
• 2. Revoke Cortana app access (via accounts.spotify.com), and while you're logged on...
• 3. Set up an App Password especially if you're using facebook to log in (this may not be neccessary, but I did so just to circumvent all potnetial issues).
• 4. Uninstall Spotify
  
  5. Install Spotify from the Windows Store (I believe the actual cause of the issue is that those of us with the problem probably installed from the Spotify Installer download, rather than
  the Windows Store).
• 6. Launch and log in to the Spotify app with the app password you created in step three.
  
  7. Link Cortana using the app password you created in step three.
• 8. Restart your computer (my Cortana didn't think Spotify was installed until I did so).
  
  9. Enjoy hands-free music browsing!

The problem with this tho is that it only works untill i shut down/restart the PC. After that I need to redo this all again in order for it to work and its really frustrating to do this everytime I open my computer.

 

Spotify


I have just discovered two Spotify entries in the StartUp list in Task Manager.
However there is no trace of Spotify elsewhere in the system.
I went through the registry and deleted every reference to Spotify that could find, although some refused to be deleted.
That made no difference.
The store shows that Spotify is installed. Which is strange.
However I found an entry in the Apps list in Start Menu, clicked uninstall and that cleared the problem.