okay this isnt really a problem but id like to know if anyone else has the situation where all the icons for each category are the same, before it used to be a zip file was a little folder with a zipper and a rar file was a stack of books. but now all of the programs display the same icon which is a little white square with a blue outline. its the same way for each of the categories audio, video, documents, and so on. i was wondering if anyone knew how to fix it or anything. thank you

This happened to me too but not a major issue. I believe the new LW 4.12.3 is supposed to stop that from happening: http://www.limewire.com/english/content/download.shtml

Try fix the situation in the meantime, 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.) But you'll need to re-set your LW options next time you open it.

okay i followed your procedure and it worked untill, after fixing the problem, when i exited out of limewire and then restarted it the same problem came back.