Hi. I've been using LimeWire on my Powerbook G4 for several years. I downloaded the new version last week, and it's nothing but trouble. First, it seems to open -- though it takes a long time -- but nothing shows up on the screen, just the lime icon in the bar. Second, and worse, it really screws up my Java. In fact, if I open LimeWire I don't have Java anymore. I have to reinstall it.

My firewall is turned off. I've seen some discussion of ports, but I'm not really sure how to do that fix.

Should I consider another app., such as Phex, instead of LimeWire?

I work on OS 10.4.11 BTW.

Boy, I'd really be grateful for some suggestions.