i just fixed the whole problem. i went to the website for all of the older versions of limewire and found the version i had before the 4.14 which is the 4.12 and i downloaded it. it works like it did before. thanks a bunch for helping me with my issue mich.

i personally would recommend doing the same if anyone else is having the same problems with limewire's new version of P2P. posted here below is the link i found ALL the previous versions of limewire if anyone is interested.

Old Version of Limewire Download