Originally Posted by Sleepless

Something has gone wrong when you deleted the preference folder.

Try Uninstalling Limewire through Start>Programs>Limewire>Uninstall. Then make sure that the prefs. have been deleted in both locations. Maybe even do a search for Lime after you done it and delete anything to do with Limewire.

Then download the offline installer from www.limewire.com and install

BTW the limewire prefs are in a hidden folder, so you have to be able to see the hidden folders