ok, i downloaded limewire. I searched for a game found it and clicked on it so that it downloaded. Now when i go to launch the program it brings me to wordpad with a bunch of alien writing. how do i change it so that when i launch a file it opens somewhere else and not in wordpad? any suggestions in what application to open it in?

You need to get winrar and winzip. Then you can open your new file. If you need more help look at the last 3 letters of the file name like - game.rar, game.zip, game.exe , etc.