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I run a Windows Vista machine where I have Spotify installed. My account is the only account with administrator rights on the machine, which means only I can update Spotify. This means that any other user on the machine won't be able to run Spotify if there is an update that I haven't installed.

Is there any way to circumvent this?

EDIT: I tried setting up a task in the Task Scheduler to start spotify.exe with administrative rights any time someone logged in, which I hoped would allow an update, but it didn't, so I'm open to new suggestions.

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	I'm thinking that maybe I could schedule a Task in windows that starts Spotify with administrator privileges any time some other user logs on. Might that work? – cros Nov 19 at 10:20
	Nope, that failed horribly. – cros Dec 11 at 12:04
	You should post a bug report to spotify. The application should try to see if it has the rights to update itself before trying to. In the meantime, I don't know how to do. – dex Jan 10 at 13:29

Systech · Answer 1 · 2009-11-19 10:31:03Z

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Yes i agree you can set a task to update spotify, and can set what privileges it runs with

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Systech
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Dave Webb · Answer 2 · 2009-11-19 10:41:57Z

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If you've got Windows Vista or Windows 7 you could select use the Run as Administrator option in Compatibility Mode.

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No you can't, not for a non-admin user... can I? A non-admin user will be prompted for a admin password to do this, won't they? – cros Dec 11 at 12:03

harrymc · Answer 3 · 2010-01-10 14:06:31Z

Apparently it's the official position of Spotify to allow only the latest version. This is probably because copyright concerns require the immediately blocking of any new hacks of their software.

There's apparently no solution - only an administrator can run it when a new update comes out.

The only solution is maybe to create a virtual machine for Spotify, where anyone could have administrator rights without running a risk. You can freely download ready-made Linux VMs, and this article explains how to install Spotify on Linux.

How do I circumvent Spotify’s updater for my regular users in Windows?

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