Files Abort and Won't Resume?
 

Hi, I keep getting the same error, where my files will download to about half-way then come up with "aborted" status and no resume option. Also no search results will be returned when searching and when I restart Limewire it starts downloading the files from the beginning despite the fact that the incomplete files are apparently full-sized... Help!

At one point in time, you have received a message stating that LW detected a corruption in a file & asked you whether to continue or not. You have ticked "no" & ticked always use that answer. What you need to do is go to LW's menu bar, Tools>Options>View>Popups & tick the option to Revert to Default.

Now, why are you receiving this message so often? It could be a firewire not properly configured or an aggressive anti-virus or other utility, etc. Or the files you are choosing are corrupt in the beginning. BTW a corruption can be as small as the id3 tag of an mp3 has changed since you 1st started downlding it so it doesn't agree with the original hash of the file you started to downld. The most recent LW betas have stopped this happening with such small corruptions due to id3 tags & descriptions of videos. AFAIK

Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface?

See T3 Spammers; mp3 Bit-Rates Versus File Sizes as that might be one reason.

BTW to resume your files, go to LW's Library window, select incomplete folder, select the files corrupted & press Resume*. Another option is to research the file topic & rechoose to downld (**** but initially cancel the file from the downld window!)

(While Limewire is closed) Try deleting the entire Incomplete folder. Remember to cancel all downloads in Limewire first. Limewire will then make a new Incomplete folder. If it doesn't help then post again.

Post all relevant info

PC or Mac version
Limewire version
Java Version
etc. etc.

Limewire 4.10.0
Java 1.5.0_06
PC Version

Even after exiting Limewire completely it won't let me delete the Incomplete folder as it says it is in use by another person or program

WRT LoTR, I do see the brick wall front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface, how would I go about fixing that?

Are you absolutely sure that Limewire is completely closed. The Incomplete Folder should be idle when it's closed.

Try right-clicking windows taskbar and choose taskmanager to see if infact it's still running. If not then use the Unlocker on it. Just download and install. Then right-click on folder and choose unlocker

BTW Unlocker will show the name of the Program or Process locking the file. It might come in handy if this fails

Get it here:

http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/

LOTR will have to help you get rid of that brick wall. Don't have that much knowledge about Portforwarding

Thanks for your help, the Unlocker is pretty cool, I've downloaded a new version of Limewire and we'll see how it goes!

Continue posting in this thread thread if it doesn't work

It's a lot easier for people to help if they get some insight into the problem

Good Luck :)

Well, it seemed to not be working again despite the new version and deleting the incomplete folder, so I tried reducing the number of files I was downloading simultaneously and so far it seems to be going smoothly...

The brick wall is due to an unconfigured firewall. It may be a software firewall or it might be a NAT firewall within your modem/router. See tips on how to configure these here Connection problems? Check here first! (click on link)

Oh, now I've finally managed to download some of the files to 100%, but now they say queued instead of verifying the contents and won't finish...

Re-search the topic, or/& cancel them from the downld window & re-select to downld from the search results.
If they are video files, then preview them directly from the incomplete folder. If they're complete then cancel from the downlds window & remove them from the incomplete folder. To access the incomplete folder, go to LW's Library window, select incomplete folder & press Explore button & this will open the folder up for you.

Thanks for all your help, everything seems to be working now, thanks!

The same problem
 

I read all the post, I do everything, I delete my PC, I use the Basic, the Pro version and I continue having the "abort", and another problem LimeWire just turn off without message, or erro report, eve if a using it. Thanks for the tips:D

Are you asking for advice or saying you solved your problem?

No:( , but the problem is not to often, sometime happen, but if you download too many thing, the abort could happen.
But I hate this problem, and the best P2P is LimeWire, if you know a BETTER, no worst P2P program post it.

I have a little problem LimeWire just turn off without message, or error report, even if a using it. I need help in this one too, I not resolve the abort problem but I control it a bit. Well sometime happens but not much.

Make a note of your settings & try deleting your LW Preferences folder whilst LW is closed; instructions here: Point #2 & 3 in Fixes for Limewire (sample image included at bottom of page.) Next time you open LW, you will need to reset all your options so 1st make a note of where your download folder is & other worthy settings.

Also see License requirement (click on link) & make a note of the settings suggested.

I presume you have LW version 4.12.4 right?

Hey Lord, can you give me some help? to set up my router and the modem, opening ports, using BitTorrent?

seemingly random abort
 

howdy,

so, i'm on a mac (10.4.8) with lw version 4.12.6 pro and java 1.5.0_06. i've not got many downloads, and i've plenty of space on my hard-drive. i've not checked any "don't bother me about such question" boxes and my incomplete folder is quite clean and small (<30 burgeoning files). and yet. . .aborted. this is not happening uniformly, nor does it happen with great regularity. i've no indicator of a firewall (my globe is fully visible) nor connection problems (neither with respect to limewire nor my general internet connection), and yet when it feels like it, limewire just seems to, without ever asking me, kill a download from time to time. all i'm asking for are ideas as to what it is that might be going on here.

now if i might add a 'moreover,' in addition to the random aborts, something quite strange happened with a 'resumed' aborted download: before being aborted, it claimed to be 98% complete or so, and yet after clicking resume from the library/incomplete window the file showed up in the downloads window initially as still being 98% done and then, when it successfully connected and started downloading, all the information was dropped and it went back to 0%. again, just wondering if anyone has any ideas.

thanks.

Try updating to the beta http://www.limewire.com/english/content/beta.shtml
At least the beta will or should resume from where the file was at. So it should have resumed at 98%. BTW if it was a video then at 98% it might have only missed out on the credits at the end. That's if of course the missing 2% are from the end of the file.

AFAIK if LW detects any form of corruption for a file & you had previously set it to cancel such downloads & "always use this answer" then that's why you get the aborted downloads. I guess the question is why your LW is detecting corruptions. It could be anything from interference from an AV program or similar utility, firewall, line drop outs, an old modem/router that's dropping packets/not parsing properly, you've used the describe function which gives the file a different description to the original hash you downloaded, you've used VLC player to preview the file & allowed it to "fix" the file which can also lead to problems, etc.

Reverting popups to default will at least give you the opportunity to decide whether to continue the downloads rather than them self-aborting. LW's menu bar, Tools>Options>View>Popups. Corruptions detected are when the file download(ed/ing) doesn't agree with the original hash of the file you downloaded. This may be a very minor detail & not necessarily a major corruption of the file data itself.