Spotify apps / home directory location (Windows lo

Question

My development account for Spotify has been enabled and I am trying to walk through their simple tutorial app (http://developer.spotify.com/download/spotify-apps-api/tutorial/). I should note here that I am on a Win 7 workstation.

When I try to load the local app by typing 'spotify:app:Tutorial' in the search field I get the following msg/error: "Sorry, I could find this app. metadatafailed URI: spotify:app:Tutorial Error: appNotFound."

I have tried adding the app files to the following directories and still getting the error:

• C:\Users\Me\Documents\Spotify\Tutorial (note this dir did not exist I created it)
• C:\Users\Me\AppData\Local\Spotify
• C:\Users\Me\AppData\Local\Spotify\Users\me-user
• C:\Users\Me\AppData\Roaming\Spotify
• C:\Users\Me\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Users\me-user

So where exactly are you suppose to add the files so that Spotify will load local apps?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Your first guess is correct (C:\Users\Me\Documents\Spotify\Tutorial). However you need to be running the latest preview release (https://www.spotify.com/uk/download/previews/). And on my PC I had to completely un-install and reinstall the application before the developer options became enabled.

Answer 2

Not sure whether it helps in your case, but try naming the folder tutorial with lowercase t. See Spotify Tutorial example app is blank

Answer 3

I can't leave a comment, but I was having the same issues and had to do a combination of what Niklas and akakjs did. I had to completely uninstall the spotify app, download/install the preview version, create a Spotify directory in My Documents, then create the folder Tutorial. Then, in the Spotify search bar I had to type "spotify:app:tutorial" with the lowercase t. I hope this helps!

Answer 4

I had the same problem: Spotify could not find my app directory even though the proper folder had been created in my Documents folder.

I Fixed it by running Spotify as an Administrator.

Answer 5

Had the exact same problem. I had to run Spotify as administrator, worked right away.

And the path i used were: C:\Users\me\Documents\Spotify