Everytime I search, nothing comes up!

I don't understand, everytime i try to search for something, nothing happens. It stays the same everytime, can someone PLEASE explain how to work this?


thx

Also, on the top of the screen it says
LimeWire:Enbling Open Information Sharing
What does that mean? is that why i can't find anything?

It's ok, LW always says "enabling open info sharing". For your no results problem, follow the advice in the thread below
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...search+results

I checked that, but its not the problem. What it says when i try to search is

LimeWire is currently connecting to the network... your search may not return many results until you are fully connected...

I don't understand why its not already connected, its been running for atleast 1/2 an hour, is threre anything i can do for that? HOw do i get it to be fully connected?

You need to read through this. All of it.
Connection problems? Check here first!

Make sure that you're only running 1 firewall & that it's set up to allow LW access. Do the port 6346 test & see what reslut you get. Do you see the firewall icon (brick wall)? What are your details?

OS(Win XP etc)
LW & Java version (help > about LW & you'll see)
Firewall you're using
Modem/router brand & model
ISP
Connection type (DSL etc)
Where you connect from (home, school etc)
Are you sharing a connection with other computers
Is this your first try with LW

Hey, I had the same problem as you and I couldn't figure what was wrong since none of the answers seemed to apply to my case. My searches never returned any results. I went to File and disconnected, and the green bar (only the smallest one was green!) on my connection thing went down, and then I connected again. When I searched the same song, it immediately returned me 20 hits, and the connection bar was completely green, all five of them. It also only took about 2 seconds literally for the search to finish loading, whereas the last time, it took about 5 minutes. So try disconnecting, then connecting and searching again.

I have been having the same problem - no results from searches but disconnecting anf re-connecting hasn't helped.

tbescapee,

Is your LW connected (all green/blue connection bars)? If it is, try the fixes below.

1. In LW go tools > options > searching > basic & check whether the 'show license warning' box is ticked. If it does, untick it > Apply > ok...see if that makes any difference.

2. Problems with the search

3. Delete LW's preferences folder when LW's properly closed. See point 3 here & also point 2 if you've used older versions of LW in the past (there could be a folder in either location).
Fixes for LimeWire
This will kill all of your settings within options, you'll have to go back through afterwards & reset things.

been using limewire for years, no probs whatsoever, but i started it the other day, and when i go tools > options, the option box quickly appears then dissapears...also everytime i close it it opens again, no matter how many times i close it...
i unistalled and installed it 3 times no but same thing....anyone help~??

if it helps, in my limewire folder in program files, there are loads of java thingys??

akala,

Can you take a screenshot of all those files so that we can see what's happening?

Had you opened a newly downloaded file just before this started happening? If so, can you remember what type of file you'd downloaded (don't name the file, just tell us what type it was - wma, mp3 etc)?

There's a fix for the popping up thing here, you can give it a try. The original poster in that thread also did a system restore after running the BFU & found that it helped...so give that a try as well.
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/genera...estarting.html

I'd also update your AV & scan your computer. There's another link in that thread with further links to online scans if you want to try one of those. Please let us know if a scan finds any malware. If you're still having problems, go to one of the specialist malware removal sites mentioned in that thread.