Spotify Desktop automatic pause - Windows

This pauses Spotify whenever your computer locks. It does this by setting up a scheduled task in Windows to trigger a Powershell script to run when your computer becomes locked. Your computer may lock:

• Explicitly by using Windows + L
• Reaching threshold time for your screen saver settings with the option "On resume, display login screen" checked.

See https://www.thewindowsclub.com/lock-computer-inactivity-windows-10 for instructions to set your computer up to automatically lock on a timer.

Setup

I'm a coder, I know what I'm doing

In Powershell as Admin

git clone https://github.com/samjgalbraith/Spotify-auto-pause.git
cd Spotify-auto-pause
.\Setup.ps1

I'm not a coder

• Use the 'clone or download' option to download a zip file of the script. Once downloaded, unzip it into a good filesystem location for safekeeping and navigate into the directory in the windows file browser so that you're in the same folder as Setup.ps1
• From the file brower, select File -> Open Windows Powershell -> Open Windows Powershell as administrator. You may be asked to confirm.
• Once in Powershell execute the following command:

.\Setup.ps1

Removal

• In Powershell as administrator:

.\Setup.ps1 -Remove

You may be asked to confirm the removal by Windows. Answer with Y if asked.

Credits

This utility is based on the code by @noeFernandez to interact with Spotify in Windows. https://github.com/noeFernandez/Spotify-Powershell-interface