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Old April 11th, 2005
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Unhappy lime wire won't run at all.

I have installed lime wire and when i double click on the icon on my desktop nothing happens. I have tried uninstalling and re-installing and still nothing happens. Could you please help me!!!!!
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just a thought try changing your display setting from 32 bit color to 16 bit color.

keep us posted if this helped or not

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Default RE: Still won't launch

I have tried dam near everthing and still won't launch the program. I used to have Limewire and then it ask me to upgrade so i did and now the thing won't launch. Can anyone help me? This is really starting to cheese me off!!

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Yeah, same thing here, I REALLLY NEED YOUR HELP. It just wont open, ive even tried to delete every file there is of limewire on my computer and reistall it, PLLEASE HELP!
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Would you provide the follwing information:

Computer type and CPU
Operating system and sp (MAC,wind98)
HDD
RAM
LimeWire Version
Java Version
Firewalls
Modem type and model no.
Router type and model no.
Connection (Dialup,ADSL,DSL,Cable)
Where are you connecting from (Home,Work,School)
Who is your Internet Service Provider
What display adapter are you using

Thank you
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I, too, am having problems with this.

I was originally running an older version fine, until one day I decided I'd finally listen to the pop-up and download the new one.

I did so, and haven't been able to use it since.

It starts up, and I see the logo for a few and opens up. However, it's just a slate of grey.
When I hover my mouse over the search box, it blinks, and I can enter something, but that's it.

Here's a pic of it:
http://img160.echo.cx/img160/1523/lime1oh.jpg

I've had to resort to Ares to share (vomit).

Please help me out...
I know you're gonna say it's probably the XP theme I got, but it's not, because this problem was in effect before I acquired the theme.

And since you asked, here's my info on my comp:
Dell, Intel P4 w/ HT 3.0GHz
WinXP Pro
1024MB DDR2 SDRAM
Limewire 4.8.1
Java version unknown (don't know where to check nor where to update... that might be the problem)
Firewalls: Microsoft AntiSpyware, McAfee Personal Firewall Plus (both installed AFTER I got this problem)
Connection is DSL
I'm connecting from home
I'm using Verizon DSL

The questions I skipped I either don't know or didn't answer because they're not relevant.

Thanks for your help.
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Try uninstalling Java using the Add/Remove programs control panel. Then downld Java again & save it to your computer (don't install over the net!) See: Fixes for Limewire
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Quote:
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Try uninstalling Java using the Add/Remove programs control panel. Then downld Java again & save it to your computer (don't install over the net!) See: Fixes for Limewire
I uninstalled JRE, then reinstalled it with a newer version to no avail. Guess that wasn't the problem.

So I tried your other suggestions (deleting the .limewire folder), but when I went to the Control Panel, the only option was to remove Limewire. There is no option to repair it.
I uninstalled and then reinstalled Limewire, and new screens came up but I still couldn't see the any words, just grey like above.

Any other suggestions?
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Hi the18thletter

You can locate your display adapter by start>control panel>systems>hardware>device manger --- this will show all the the devices installed on your comp. If you click on the + where it says display adapter this will expand, and show the display adapter(s) installed.

You can also check out this link. http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=34408

It shows a member that had a display adapter problem and how it was fixed.

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Thank you for your help.

I've solved the problem.

It's the Anti-Aliasing. I have it set to 6x for every 3D application I use, and for some reason Limewire is effected. If I turn it off to Application Preference, the problems go away.

Thank you very much for your help.
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