Ok, so I have been using Limewire for quite some time now, and havent had any problems with it. I've been using Limewire version 3.4.7 because that is the latest version that I got to work on my computer.. for some reason the latest version AND the beta version don't work on my machine.. I have a G4 powermac, running OS X (10.2.8) and have Java 1.4.1. The version 3.4.7 has always worked well for me until last night when I recieved the following error:
STARTUP ERROR
LimeWire version 3.4.7Java version 1.3.1 from Apple Computer, Inc.
Mac OS X v. 10.2.8 on ppc
Free/total memory: 15326024/19922944

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: quicktime/std/StdQTException
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.mp3.MediaPlayerComponen t.<init>(MediaPlayerComponent.java:111)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.StatusLine.<init>(Statu sLine.java:100)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.MainFrame.<init>(MainFr ame.java:125)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUIMediator.<init>(GUIM ediator.java:144)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUIMediator.instance(GU IMediator.java:224)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Initializer.initialize( Initializer.java:121)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Main.main(Main.java:46)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.zerog.lax.LAX.launch(Unknown Source)
at com.zerog.lax.LAX.main(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at apple.launcher.LaunchRunner.run(LaunchRunner.java: 88)
at apple.launcher.LaunchRunner.callMain(LaunchRunner. java:50)
at apple.launcher.JavaApplicationLauncher.launch(Java ApplicationLauncher.java:52)
-- listing properties --
INSTALLED=true
DOWNLOAD_SNAPSHOT_FILE=/Users/mdumlao/Documents/Animation/Du...
INCOMPLETE_DIRECTORY=/Users/mdumlao/Documents/Animation/Du...
DIRECTORIES_TO_SEARCH_FOR_FILES=/Users/mdumlao/Documents/Animation/Du...
DIRECTORY_FOR_SAVING_FILES=/Users/mdumlao/Documents/Animation/Du...
DOWNLOAD_SNAPSHOT_BACKUP_FILE=/Users/mdumlao/Documents/Animation/Du...
MAX_SIM_DOWNLOAD=3
LAST_EXPIRE_TIME=1066405289028



FILES IN CURRENT DIRECTORY:
/Applications/Limewire/LimeWire/.DS_Store
LAST MODIFIED: 1066405200000
SIZE: 12292

/Applications/Limewire/LimeWire/collections.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1066405161000
SIZE: 259265

/Applications/Limewire/LimeWire/COPYING
LAST MODIFIED: 1066405162000
SIZE: 18349

/Applications/Limewire/LimeWire/COPYING~
LAST MODIFIED: 1066405161000
SIZE: 0

/Applications/Limewire/LimeWire/err.txt
LAST MODIFIED: 1066405273000
SIZE: 0

/Applications/Limewire/LimeWire/GURL.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1066405161000
SIZE: 7112

/Applications/Limewire/LimeWire/Incomplete
LAST MODIFIED: 1066405275000
SIZE: 68

/Applications/Limewire/LimeWire/jl011.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1066405161000
SIZE: 132309

/Applications/Limewire/LimeWire/LimeWire.app
LAST MODIFIED: 1066405161000
SIZE: 102

/Applications/Limewire/LimeWire/LimeWire.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1066405161000
SIZE: 2111352

/Applications/Limewire/LimeWire/LimeWire_Installer_InstallLog.log
LAST MODIFIED: 1066405167000
SIZE: 4924

/Applications/Limewire/LimeWire/logicrypto.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1066405161000
SIZE: 130255

/Applications/Limewire/LimeWire/MessagesBundle.properties
LAST MODIFIED: 1066405162000
SIZE: 100926

/Applications/Limewire/LimeWire/MessagesBundles.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1066405161000
SIZE: 474450

/Applications/Limewire/LimeWire/out.txt
LAST MODIFIED: 1066405329000
SIZE: 964

/Applications/Limewire/LimeWire/SOURCE
LAST MODIFIED: 1066405162000
SIZE: 268

/Applications/Limewire/LimeWire/themes.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1066405161000
SIZE: 231853

/Applications/Limewire/LimeWire/UninstallerData
LAST MODIFIED: 1066405159000
SIZE: 102

/Applications/Limewire/LimeWire/update.ver
LAST MODIFIED: 1066405162000
SIZE: 1629

/Applications/Limewire/LimeWire/xerces.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1066405161000
SIZE: 1812019

/Applications/Limewire/LimeWire/xml.war
LAST MODIFIED: 1066405162000
SIZE: 4202

I don't know how to fix this, can anyone give me any advice? I have already tried to do a complete uninstall of Limewire, also getting rid of all preferences on my machine. Then I would repair disk permissions, and restart my computer and then try to reinstall it. I would still get this startup error whenever I would try to run Limewire. What can I do? I would like to use the newer version as well, but for some reason it doesn't run, and it always "unexpectedly quits" right after it starts up. I don't know why it isn't working - i dont know whats going on... especially since version 3.4.7. has always worked fine until now.. Please send me any information and help you can, because Limewire has always been a great program for me, and I would hate to have to try to find another program to use that would work with my computer. Thanks for your time!