connection
 

everytime i do a serch, it says that limewire is trying to connect to the network. This has been happening for the past 20 minutes..

Has this just started happening (ie did LW connect properly in the past)? If that's the case, try this first: 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. If you're not sure of your settings, go through LW's tools > options & write them all down, so that you can reset things later.

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