The case its attempting to resolve is a scenario where the user is unable to grant a security exception for Spotify.exe in the first place, and the blocked access notification is displayed every single time Spotify application is launched. I feel like I need to clarify one misconception first: My Spotify application isn't installed in a OneDrive folder Just the Windows Music folder location has been changed from C:\Users\whatever\Music to X:\OneDrive\Music.īut back to the video. I actually already watched this video earlier while searching for a solution to this problem. I don't know if having the My Documents folder set to OneDrive cloud has anything to do with this issue, but since it might, I've also mentioned that above. Spotify auto-updates cannot be turned off, so this is a regular occurrence. Spotify shouldn't peek around in my /Music folder anyway during installation (or any other time for that matter) if I have the "Local Files" setting turned off. If Windows 11 Controlled Folder Access is turned on, turning the setting off for just /Music folder cannot be done (Windows seems to define a couple of hard-set folders whose access rights are set to stone). Now, there are a couple of fundamental problems with this: Once a security exception is granted to the new executable via the Controlled Folder Access Settings, the problem goes away until the next update. The only possibility at this point is a manual reset of the computer.Īfter a reboot, a notification from Windows Security will pop up, telling the user that Spotify was blocked from making changes to "/Music" folder. But since not even Ctrl+Alt+Del works at this point, the OS is quite royally frozen. Windows GUI will, however, remain responsive (you can use the mouse). What ends up happening is Windows 11 soft-locking with no file operations of any kind being possible any longer (this will hang most applications in short order) and no new applications of any kind being possible to launch. When auto-update happens, the name of the new Spotify executable is different from the previous one (something along the lines of SpotifyAB.SpotifyMusic_1.185.895.0_x86_xxxxxxxxxxxxx).ĭuring the update, Spotify attempts to access the "/Music" folder (even if "Local Files" feature from Spotify settings is turned off), but since the executable has changed, Windows Security will block the operation. Spotify auto-update seems to be soft-locking Windows 11 with the Controlled Folder Access feature turned on. Personal folder (including "/Music") root set to Microsoft OneDrive Controlled Folder Access feature turned on (Windows Security -> Ransomware Protection) Spotify auto-update soft-locks the computer with C.
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