Registry Cleaner - I always have a registry cleaner named CCleaner on my computer and I make sure to clean my registry from time to time. I just find it odd that a brand new version of windows 10 would be having a dll issue one week into usage. Repair windows installation - I don't really think this is the issue but I'm going to try it anyways because it might be a 'cure all' solution. I'll attach a image of the corrupt file that chkdsk registered at the end of this post. I ran the memory diagnostic tool three times as well though this turned up absolutely no errors. My SSD actually did turn up the same corrupt file for the three times I did chkdsk and even though it said repaired, it did not fix my issue. Memory Test - I ran tests on both my RAM and my SSD. There may be a new update recently but this issue had occurred at a time where my system was already up to date.
Windows Updates - As soon as I got my new windows and SSD up and running, I made sure to install any updates needed and to reinstall anything that had trouble installing the first time. Windows found a corrupt file but was unable to repair it. Sfc/scannow - I ran this about three times just for the sake of consistency checking and I got the same error every time.
Roll Back Drivers - New SSD, New windows copy, few driver installations, I don't see how drivers could be causing this issue though if you think it's a good idea to try and roll back my graphics card driver I'll try that. I didn't need to install any drivers for my mouse or keyboard. I only installed drivers for my NVIDIA 1060GTX and my TP Link wifi stick. Update Drivers - Since this is happening on a new SSD and a fresh install of Windows 10, I haven't really updated any drivers. Reinstall Program - As I stated in my first post, I have tried reinstalling spotify 4+ times and even tried manually adding a pdh.dll file to the spotify directory. System Restore - I have not tried this method but I don't feel like it would matter because I didn't mess with any serious program files, my windows is brand new and so is my SSD. Virus/Malware scan - Ran a scan with all of my anti malware and virus programs, no red flags popped up.
I did try the file recovery method anyways but it held no results. The only thing I recall deleting is the Desktop shortcut because I like to keep my desktop tidy. I had not fished around in any program files.
Restore file - I had just recently installed Spotify on my new, clean version of Windows 10. Safe mode - Not needed, my computer starts fine in standard mode. To list off all of the methods attempts and results: