never mind! i fixed it! im so proud of myself!
by NO means am I a computer person. at all. but after 5 months of trying to make it work, I HAVE!

yes. i am so happy

-what i did was i went to options and i pushed the button "reset to default options- in case anyone else is having a similar problem.

quit limewire byy right clicking, then "quit", then open it again =]