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Contributor I
May 23, 2019

Sonos Desktop app keeps popping up on my screen with each new song played

  • May 23, 2019
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Sonos desktop app keeps popping up on my screen with each new song played. This is quite annoying when you have other windows open, doing work and it pops up forcing you to close it.

Is there a setting I'm not seeing?
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47 replies

Lyricist III
June 11, 2020

Jean,

The link you provided this morning did not work. Your case number assigned in your email is 01881188. I also had spoken with David M on the phone two days ago, and we did some troubleshooting, but we got disconnected, and he did not call me back. The case number with him is 01881448.

You had suggested an online session, which would be great, but since the link did not work, and since your email is from a NOREPLY address, I cannot respond, and I am getting increasingly frustrated. 

Also, I have found that unless you can call me at the same time as the online screenshare, the session will be unproductive. I really would like to hear back from David or you with a solution and a way of talking. 

Thanks,

Peter

 

Lyricist I
July 9, 2020

I am also facing this problem on Windows 10.

My diag info number is: 565580765

Sometimes it pops up due to connection to Spotify is lost, which is strange as I never seen that before on my phone.

Sometimes it just seemed to pop up when starting a new song.

 

 

Contributor I
September 14, 2020

this is infuriating!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  why isnt this fixed?????????????????????  

im tyring to WORK HERE and this rubbish app keeps popping up, distracting me and m aking me MAD!!!!  That seems to be the skill of sonos!  waste my time and make me mad!  WHY didnt you fix your rubbish app and tell it not to take focus if there is an error message?????  Fire your software developers!

 

ktfitzpatrick
Lyricist II
October 20, 2020

We’re having the same problem in both of my offices.  This could be a Spotify problem -- but it’s maddening.  Each time a song ends the SONOS controller app moves to the front of the monitor.  It’s a huge distraction to my staff when they’re working on the computer which was used to start the music.

 

Heh heh -- it just did it again as I was typing this note.


Please, SONOS, fix this issue.


Fitz

 

Fitz
controlav
Lead Maestro
October 20, 2020

Why not either:

  1. Exit the app. You realize that it is not needed to actually play stuff, just to start playback. Its a remote control, not a player.
  2. Use a third party app?
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Lyricist I
January 11, 2021

I have the problem too: the app keeps popping into the foreground and interrupting my work.

When the best way for your users to use your app is to close it down, then you know you are doing something wrong.

Please fix it.

ratty
January 11, 2021

I have the problem too: the app keeps popping into the foreground and interrupting my work.

When the best way for your users to use your app is to close it down, then you know you are doing something wrong.

Please fix it.

It’s stealing focus because it’s throwing errors. Help>Error Log should tell you why.