When I start Limewire, it appears to start but then closes immediately. I have been using LW for over 2 years and it just recently stopped loading. I don't use it daily so I don't know what I may have done to affect it.

I followed one link on here by Lord of The Rings and accordingly have reloaded Java 6 Update 2 and Java RTE 5.0 Update 12. The link also suggested launching the app as Admin which I tried to do but was unable to do. However, when I did "run as" in that step, I got an error message. This is the only error message I have evern gotten. See below.

I unistalled and reinstalled LW v4.12.14 several times as well as deleted the limewire personal folder and the program folder. I am running WinXP Home. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Chuck

Error message:
One or more necessary files appears to be invalid.
This is generally caused by a corrupted installation.
Please try downloading and installing LimeWire again.
If theproblem persists, please visit..........

Error text:
LimeWire version 4.12.14
Java version 1.6.0_02 from Sun Microsystems Inc.
Windows XP v. 5.1 on x86
Free/total memory: 31410312/33357824
java.lang.RuntimeException: java.io.IOException: could not create preferences directory: C:\Documents and Settings\Dad\.limewire
at com.limegroup.gnutella.util.CommonUtils.getUserSet tingsDir(CommonUtils.java:881)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Initializer.initialize( Initializer.java:115)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUILoader.load(GUILoade r.java:49)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Nativ e Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknow n Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Un known Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Main.main(Main.java:44)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: could not create preferences directory: C:\Documents and Settings\Dad\.limewire
at com.limegroup.gnutella.util.CommonUtils.setUserSet tingsDir(CommonUtils.java:792)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.util.CommonUtils.getUserSet tingsDir(CommonUtils.java:879)
... 7 more
STARTUP ERROR!


FILES IN CURRENT DIRECTORY:
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\.NetworkShare
LAST MODIFIED: 1185845425359
SIZE: 0
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\clink.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1185845422375
SIZE: 307949
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\commons-httpclient.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1185845422406
SIZE: 459988
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\commons-logging.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1185845422421
SIZE: 59154
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\commons-net.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1185845422468
SIZE: 355370
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\COPYING
LAST MODIFIED: 1182557721078
SIZE: 18349
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\daap.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1185845422500
SIZE: 388504
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\data.ser
LAST MODIFIED: 1182557721156
SIZE: 358
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\donotremove.htm
LAST MODIFIED: 1182557720906
SIZE: 0
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\GenericWindowsUtils.dll
LAST MODIFIED: 1182557719437
SIZE: 12279
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\hashes
LAST MODIFIED: 1182557833468
SIZE: 298
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\hs_err_pid320.log
LAST MODIFIED: 1185845507031
SIZE: 9914
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\hs_err_pid3244.log
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SIZE: 9916
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\hs_err_pid3652.log
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SIZE: 10512
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\hs_err_pid4008.log
LAST MODIFIED: 1185845430531
SIZE: 10511
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\i18n.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1185845422515
SIZE: 25678
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\icu4j.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1185845422546
SIZE: 741440
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\id3v2.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1185845422562
SIZE: 94430
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\install.log
LAST MODIFIED: 1185845425109
SIZE: 2098
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\jcraft.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1185845422578
SIZE: 136693
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\jl011.jar
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SIZE: 255016
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\jmdns.jar
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SIZE: 69306
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\language.prop
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SIZE: 4
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire On Startup.lnk
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SIZE: 1551
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire.exe
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SIZE: 122880
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire.ico
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C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire.jar
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SIZE: 7238649
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire20.dll
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SIZE: 40960
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\log4j.jar
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SIZE: 677952
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\log4j.properties
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SIZE: 7171
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\looks.jar
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SIZE: 630634
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\MessagesBundle.properties
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SIZE: 114566
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\MessagesBundles.jar
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SIZE: 2951044
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\mp3sp14.jar
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SIZE: 40064
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\pmf.ico
LAST MODIFIED: 1182557720953
SIZE: 3262
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\ProgressTabs.jar
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SIZE: 5786
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\root
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SIZE: 0
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\SOURCE
LAST MODIFIED: 1182557721125
SIZE: 268
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\spacer.gif
LAST MODIFIED: 1182557721546
SIZE: 49
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\themes.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1185845422703
SIZE: 620179
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\tritonus.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1185845422718
SIZE: 152711
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\uninstall.exe
LAST MODIFIED: 1185845425125
SIZE: 186042
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\unpack.log
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SIZE: 12766
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\update.ver
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SIZE: 3810
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\vorbis.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1185845422734
SIZE: 27215
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\WindowsFirewall.dll
LAST MODIFIED: 1182557719765
SIZE: 61440
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\WindowsV5PlusUtils.dll
LAST MODIFIED: 1182557719828
SIZE: 12808
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\xerces.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1185845422859
SIZE: 2147687
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\xml-apis.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1185845422875
SIZE: 207655
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\xml.war
LAST MODIFIED: 1182557719312
SIZE: 8423