I'm frustrated, and may go away from Limewire altogether! Up until about 2 weeks ago (before downloading the new version), I was able to download songs OK. Now I can only do searches. The download function simply does not work anymore. Why? How can I correct this?

HELP!!

Try posting more specific info on setup first. Please try to answer all the questions.

Just copy/paste this into a reply with your answers

1. What's your connection like - do you have any green bars at all?
Is there a brick wall in front of world ?

2. Do this test & see if it works. What does it say ?
http://www3.limewire.com:6346

3. What are your details

OS ? (Win XP, Mac OSX etc.)
How much free harddiskspace ?
How much RAM ?
LW & Java version ? (In Limewire press Help>about LW & you'll see)
What Firewall you're using ?
Any Antivirus/spyware programs that youre using ?
Modem/router brand & model ?
Are you using portforwarding, UPnP or nothing ? (Tools>Options>Advanced>Firewall Config)
What is your listening port ? (Same as above)
ISP (Internet Service Provider) ?
Connection type (Dial-Up, ADSL, DSL etc.) + Speed Up/Down if you know ?
Where you connect from (home, school etc.) ?
Are you sharing a connection with other computers ?
Has Limewire ever worked for you ? If so how long have you been using it ?

Have you tried using any other P2P apps & if so, do you have the same problems (BitTorrent, Shareaza etc.)?

Give a detailed description of your problem. Also include any attempts to fix this. It helps people rule things out

Also, make sure that it's not a simple license issue. Click on the link below & follow the directions... see if that makes any difference
License

Just copy/paste this into a reply with your answers

1. What's your connection like - do you have any green bars at all?Yes - 5
Is there a brick wall in front of world ? Yes

2. Do this test & see if it works. What does it say ? Your test worked!
http://www3.limewire.com:6346

3. What are your details

OS ? (Win XP, Mac OSX etc.) XP
How much free harddiskspace ? Lots -- 19 Gigs
How much RAM ? 384 meg
LW & Java version ? (In Limewire press Help>about LW & you'll see) Java 1.5.0-05
What Firewall you're using ? Norton
Any Antivirus/spyware programs that youre using ? Norton
Modem/router brand & model ? Don't know
Are you using portforwarding, UPnP or nothing ? UPnP(Tools>Options>Advanced>Firewall Config)
What is your listening port ? (Same as above) 26338
ISP (Internet Service Provider) ? xplornet.com
Connection type (Dial-Up, ADSL, DSL etc.) + Speed Up/Down if you know ? Tower wireless high speed (2.0 G)
Where you connect from (home, school etc.) ? Home
Are you sharing a connection with other computers ? No
Has Limewire ever worked for you ? If so how long have you been using it ? Yes. Had been using it successfully for 2 years.

Have you tried using any other P2P apps & if so, do you have the same problems (BitTorrent, Shareaza etc.)? Not recently.

THANKS AGAIN for your help.

You only say that the download feature doesn't work. Please explain

If nothing at all happens, then it's probably the licence issue that Birdy posted the link for. If not then please clarify

I can see all the songs by the artist that I choose, but when I double click to download nothing happens. It just says "connecting" or "Queued" or "Need more sources". PERIOD!!!

How to find music

Try the advice there

Sounds to me like you're clicking on fake files & the end result is nothing. LW will never connect to fake files!

See these links for some descriptions as to what's been happening to the gnutella network: (1) Overpeers, (2) MediaSentry,
(3) Mediadefender, & finally (4) what is happening to Limewire ?

Also, you have a firewall problem. Have you ever thought about correcting it? It's either due to your software firewall or else your modem/router's internal NAT firewall. Each of the following sections deal with these issues of firewalls: Connection problems? Check here first! (click on link)

Thanks for all your well-intentioned help. However, it would have to be explained to me why these things would be valid possibilities, as I have not changed ANYTHING about what I have been doing with Limewire. The ONLY thing new is that I have downloaded the newest version -- 4.12.6. What a bummer!!

What was your previous version?