BlockTheSpot

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

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Current Version: 0.39
Last updated: 27 December 2019
Last tested version: 1.1.22.633.g1bab253a

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:

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

Uninstall:

1. Browse to Spotify installation folder %APPDATA%/Spotify
2. Simply delete chrome_elf.dll, config.ini from your Spotify installation
3. 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 Blocking on system may not work e.g.(windows 7) set WinHttpReadDataFix in config.ini to 1 may help.
• Built-in AdGuard DNS lookup, maybe cause application slowdown, set AdGuardDNS in config.ini to 0 to turn this feature off.