I am having the same problem. Have you gotten it figured out yet? I have had LimeWire for a little over and year and have never had this problem. It is really frustrating me.....HELP

Hi tinkerbell, It seems that my Limewire startup may have been corrupted somehow. Try creating new short cut to limewire.

Double click my computer, then C:drive (where ever you have stored limewire), Then click on program files. Then click limewire file. Once there double click -
"limewire"
Executable JAR File.

If limewire loads form there right click that file then hit send, then Desktop(create shortcut)

That fixed my problem see how you go.

Thank you very much. It worked. I was really getting frustrated.