How to fix error code 17 after every update

[zakblacki]

🧐 Have you read the FAQ and viewed similar issues?

• I have read the FAQ
• I have checked older issues, open and closed
• I did a clean install of SpotX as described in the FAQ

Сountry of your account

Algeria

What is your Spotify Plan?

Free

Do you have Spicetify installed?

No

ℹ Computer information

- Spotify: 1.2.37.701
- Windows: Windows 10 Pro 22H2 OS 19045.4412
- PowerShell: 5.1.19041.4412

📝 Description

Everytime I update or do clean installation I get the following error Error code : 17
all i remember this issue appeared after I started using SpotX
the weird thing is that regardless of the error my spotify version still get updated.

📸 Screenshots

[amd64fox]

I can't reproduce your error on my pc, show your pc specs, example:

• CPU - Intel Core i7-4790K
• GPU - Integrated Graphics
• RAM - DDR3 16 Gb
• Spotify is located on - SSD

[zakblacki]

I can't reproduce your error on my pc, show your pc specs, example:

• CPU - Intel Core i7-4790K
• GPU - Integrated Graphics
• RAM - DDR3 16 Gb
• Spotify is located on - SSD

CPU - i7- 7700k
GPU - AMDRX 480 8GB
RAM - DDR4 16 Gb
Spotify on SSD C: %AppData%/Roaming/Spotify/

Please note this has been happening for awhile in previous version as well it seem to be a common issue
https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/error-code-17/td-p/25431

[amd64fox]

Please note this has been happening for awhile in previous version as well it seem to be a common issue https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/error-code-17/td-p/25431

Yeah, I already googled this problem, it doesn’t give an answer to the solution to the current problem

The essence of this error is that after running the full Spotify installer and completing its process, it tries to launch the installed Spotify. SpotX attempts to intercept this launch and forcefully terminate it in order to immediately proceed with file modification.

However, it seems that in this part of the logic, the SpotX code is not executing correctly for you.

Perhaps I should find another way to install the client. I saw that skip-app-launch flag appeared in their installers not long ago, I think I should start using it soon