BlockTheSpot

A multi-purpose adblocker and skip bypass for the Windows Spotify Desktop Application.

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Current Version: 0.37
Last updated: 18 November 2019
Last tested version: 1.1.19.480.g7d17e3ce

Important Notice(s)

This .dll is virus free, false checks may appear. This can be reassured via the source code.
"chrome_elf.dll" gets replaced by Spotify Installer each time it updates, make sure to replace it again.

Features:

Blocks all banner/video/audio ads within the app
Retains friend, vertical video and radio functionality
Unlocks the skip function for any track
Built-in AdGuard DNS for ads blocking!

⚠️ This mod is for the Desktop Application of Spotify on Windows, not the Microsoft Store version.

Installation/Update:

Browse to Spotify installation folder %APPDATA%/Spotify
Backup existing chrome_elf.dll by renaming it (e.g. chrome_elf.bak)
Download chrome_elf.zip
Extract chrome_elf.dll, config.ini from chrome_elf.zip to that folder.

Uninstall:

Browse to Spotify installation folder %APPDATA%/Spotify
Simply delete chrome_elf.dll, config.ini from your Spotify installation
Rename your backup dll to chrome_elf.dll

Note:

Built-in AdGuard DNS lookup, paranoid people may see additional DNS traffic UDP(53) going out to Adguard DNS Server.
if you can't reach AdGuard DNS for some reason, things still working as expected.

Known Issues and Caveats:

Ads Blocking may not work if you had proxy use in network. set Skip_wpad in config.ini to 1 may help.
Ads Blockng on system may not work e.g.(windows 7) set WinHttpReadDataFix in config.ini to 1 mayhelp
Built-in AdGuard DNS lookup, maybe cause application slowdown, set AdGuardDNS in config.ini to 0 to turn this feature off.

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