Limewire Cannot Connect to the Network

vanidathecamperson · #21 (**permalink**) December 10th, 2007

i tried everything you guys posted and it didnt work for me.

this is crazy.
i cant figure a thing out!
i have windows vista.
and downloaded limewire 14. something haha.
and i have a firewall.
but i dont know how to make limewire work.
i put limewire on the list of exeptions.
but nothing work.
any advice would be greatly accepted.

callum77 · #22 (**permalink**) June 1st, 2008

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Originally Posted by TheCancerHasYou

Hi everyone. I am really mad right now. I have just installed Limewire 4.12.11 and everything was going smoothly...until I click "search". It said, "Limewire is currently connecting to the network. Your search may not return many results, until you are fully connected to the network."

Here are the facts:
-The brick is on the world
-1 of 5 red bars are green (when I put my cursor over it it says, "You are currently connecting to the network.")
-I don't know if I have a firewall, how do I check?
-I don't know my ISP, how do I check?
-I have Java\jre1.5.0_02
-Windows Firewall is off
-Limewire is an "exception"
-Connection type -T3?
-Over 200gb HDD
-Over 2gb RAM
-Windows XP
-USA
-I have used Limewire before, just not on THIS computer.

EDIT-Okay, I just did a lot of searching, and tried EVERYTHING. And then something hit me--there are like 400,000 posts with the same problem as me.......

This is how I feel-->>

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How do I add Gnutella to the windows firewall exceptions?
-I am at my school so..thats why I dont know really anything

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I hope you can help.pppplleeeeeeeasee I BEG OF YOU!

These are just hilarious:

:

Yo, Dude all you gotta do is click "Why?" when LimeWire asks you to upgrade to Pro and then close the new window telling you why to go to Pro.
I had the same problem as soon as I done this outta curiosity it loaded up to a very strong connection.

infamanious · #23 (**permalink**) December 13th, 2008

Show hidden files and folders
browse to
C:\Documents and Settings\computername\Application Data

delete limewire folder after uninstalling it

SpecksTX · #24 (**permalink**) February 23rd, 2009

I made a video tutorial on this a while back on YouTube here: YouTube - Limewire won't connect - Vista and XP Fix and the step-by-step detailed tutorial is here: How To Get Limewire To Connect Vista and XP Users*|*BlueFAQs.com This has worked for hundreds of people according to text comments and has a 5 star rating after 10,000 views. There is a hidden limewire folder that must be deleted to allow the connection to take place. It's typically not going to be a firewall issue. Hope this helps you guys.

birdy · #25 (**permalink**) February 23rd, 2009

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Originally Posted by SpecksTX

I made a video tutorial on this a while back on YouTube here: YouTube - Limewire won't connect - Vista and XP Fix and the step-by-step detailed tutorial is here: How To Get Limewire To Connect Vista and XP Users*|*BlueFAQs.com This has worked for hundreds of people according to text comments and has a 5 star rating after 10,000 views. There is a hidden limewire folder that must be deleted to allow the connection to take place. It's typically not going to be a firewall issue. Hope this helps you guys.

Hi SpecksTX,

Deleting LW's preferences folder (named LimeWire in more recent versions, named .limewire in versions prior to 4.9.34) is a fix that's been posted here for years

It's good to know that heaps of people are solving their connection problems by deleting that folder