Cannot open Limewire

When i try to open limewire, i can see it on the taskbar but when i click on it, it does nothing. It is written : LimeWire: Enabling Open Information Sharing

Try deleting your LW Preferences folder whilst LW is closed & re-installing Java by savig the installer to your computer & then installing (remove the other version using your Add/Remove Prog Control Panel); instructions here: Fixes for Limewire

Can you give us a total desciption of your set up:
1. OS version? (eg: Windows 98)
2. What firewalls you have?
3. ram?
4. Hard Disk space available?
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.)
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers?
7. Where are you trying to connect from (home, school, work, etc.)?
8. What version of Limewire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version.
9. Who is your isp provider?
10. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user.

I had the same problem and did a zillion things and nothing worked until i tried this:

Go to Start My Computer
Go to c:\programs\program files\limewire
then click (or double click) on the file that reads
limewire.jar
(and under it says executable jar file, about 7007 kb)

After I clicked that it brought me through the setup stuff that's real quick and easy and everything worked great after that!

Oh deselect start limewire at startup. I heard that causes problems too.

Good luck! (I almost deleted limewire and was just about to use something else than this worked. I think it knew it was in trouble.)

Fair go fivekitten, this thread is 13 months old. lol But nice tips anyway. Keep the advice to those members who are still needing help.

oops! okay, so i never had any sense of time...(too many years of working nights or too many kids driving me crazy) Maybe it'll help another dimwit like me!

don't worry fivekitten, 7 months later i am trying your advice [along with many others] to get my limewire working...