System tray connection Issue
 

My current problem is I will start up Limewire and have it active, but ill maximize another program - When I do this limewire will minimize to the system tray, and when i get near to mouse over the limewire icon in the system tray it disappears and i have to restart limewire all over again to connect.

Is it disconnecting when i maximize other programs that take up the full window or why, what would cause this?

never had this issue before

You can try these fixes...
Try uninstalling your Java from the add/remove programs and then re-install the JRE 5.11 offline version....
Archive: Download Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 Update 11

If that does not help with your problem try deleting your preference folder...
Fixes for Limewire when LW isn't operating as it should