Hello

i finnally updated from 4.17 to 4.18 and now i cant connect, it stays at starting connecting.

i have tried the follow.

adding limewire to windows XP firewall and port 65000

turning off windows xp firewall

adding to trendmicro anti virus software firewall

port forwarding port 65000 to my billion740VGP router

updating the gnutella file in the limewire folder.

pretty all of the suggestions in the sticky posts

can anyone else think of why it will not connect ?

thankyou

Was this the thread that you went through for fixes? If not, go through that one & see if anything helps.
If LW Will Not Connect

Did you try deleting LW's preferences folder? Remember that LW has to be properly closed first, or it's a waste of time. Also remember to look for a prefs folder in the old location (within Documents and Settings). After you deleted the prefs folder, did you have to go through the LW setup wizard again?

Did you try updating and/or installing an older version of Java? Remember to only have 1 version of Java installed at a time.

When you replaced the gnutella.net file, was LW properly closed? What size is the gnutella.net file that you have installed now?

If you're stuck, please post your system details (the link above has info about that)

1. OS version? XP
2. What firewalls you have? turned of XP firewall, add limewire to trendmicro
3. How much ram? 2gig
4. Hard Disk space available? **** loads
5. Connection type? adsl 1.5mb
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? billion740?VGP
7. Where are you trying to connect from townhouse
8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? 4.18.1 & java 1.6.0_25
9. Who is your ISP internode
10. Do this simple test for us. Using your browser go here: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ The page should say 'Your test worked!'. What happens when you go there? yes got your test worked
11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up. no
12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user. new problem been using it for years... i did you xptune the other day cant be sure if that made a difference
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface? yes even though i stopped both firewalls and added port forwarding to the router still got the brick wall
14. For those using a modem/router, how is your modem/router set up...are you port forwarding or is UPnP enabled? port forwarding 65000
15. What security programs are you using (antivirus etc)? trendmicro which limewire has been added to the exceptions
16. What country are you living in? aus

im not seeing any of these preference folders ??
C:\Documents and Settings\Michael\Application Data\LimeWire thats where i am looking and there are no file or folders with preference written

The preferences folder isn't called 'preferences'

If you look in C:\Documents and Settings\Michael\Application Data\LimeWire...the LimeWire folder is the prefs folder. That's the one to delete.

And if you've had way older versions of LW installed in the past & look in C:\Documents and Settings\Michael\.limewire...the .limewire folder is the old location for the prefs folder. If you have a folder named .limewire - delete that too.

When you set up port forwarding, did you make sure to set up a static IP address first?

yes, i had another look at that ' updating the gnutella file in the limewire folder.'

i updated it and it was 26kb then did other stuff came back and it was 35kb.

updated it again and now it works ... whats with that ??

oh well least its going ...