My limewire was working perfectly until yesterday when, after a short session, I shut down limewire and went to my shared folder to listen to what I had received.
My shared folder was empty, even though while in limewire, it said that I was sharing 29 files. I reopened limewire, downloaded a few more files, all the while watching the 'shared files' number increasing. Once again, I shut it down, then went to my folder, and there was nothing there. Now every time I open limewire, it says I'm sharing the same number of files, even though the folder is totally empty. I uninstalled that version, downloaded and installed the latest, and when I opened it up, it still said the same number of files being shared, and now it doesn't even seem to want to download. Please help. I'm on OS X.

Your "Save" directory is automatically shared. It sounds as if you save and share direcetories are diferent. That means that when you dl files, they are shared and saved in the saved directory. You look in the shared directory, but the wrong one, and see nothing. Check your preferences and find the save directory.