I have never been able to get the add shared dir function to work in any limewire version. Now with v1.8 it is cripling since I am no longer able to edit the shared dir line manually anymore like in the old versions.
The problem is that when i choose add, i get the dir navigator window, and i can select the directory I want to share. However when i finally press the select button to add the directory to the list NOTHING happens. The button blinks but the window remains open and the directory is not added.
I am now running WindowsXP but i had the same problem on WindowsME. I have the latest release of the java runtime environment.

Regards

Anders E. Andersen

PS. Shame on you for making limewire add/spyware!!!