Had been using Limewire basic without a hitch on PB Mac OS 10.2 and in Classic. Then suddenly, as soon as Limewire opened, it quit, with message that no other programs have been affected. Re-downloaded, re-installed Limewire, same problem. However, older version Limewire continues to work with Classic environment.

try the latest limewire beta:
www.limewire.com/english/content/beta.shtml

Beta, version 3.7.7, installed. same results as reported above.

Hi couch,

Which version were you using when it suddenly stopped working? Had you done anything between the times it was working and stopped working (such as installing a Software Update or another program)?

Are you saying that you had previously been using the Classic version and it stopped working, but earlier versions still work with Classic? Or are you saying something else?

We're looking into reports of LimeWire unexpectedly quitting, but have so far been unable to find any consistent cause, and it happens just rarely enough to make it difficult to be able to track down.

Feel free to respond here or email me at sberlin@limepeer.com .

Thanks,
Sam

I have not had many problems with recent versions of Limewire Crashing.

The problem I have is that its so slow that it often brings the whole system to a halt.

So slow in fact I have been looking for Non-Java based alternatives.

Non exist since OS X became the main Mac OS. All are Java.

Almost every Java app I have run has been a processor Hog. I have always attributed this to java being slow.

I read elsewhere here that the JRE in OSX is made By Apple and not SUN.

Where that was true in OS 9, in X the JRE is made by Sun for Apple and Apple distributes it.

A friend of mine just bought her first Mac. A G4 tower. Running Mac OS 10.3.2...

She tried to install Limewire 3.6.15. After installation every time she tried to run it it Unexpectedly quit.

I trashed her prefs, NO GO.
I Reinstalled Limewire, NO GO.
I removed all things Limewire, reinstalled, NO GO.

The only thing that worked was reinstalling the OS.

That worked for about a week. Where due to a move they hardly used the computer.

He had Limewire open then closed it.

They burned a CD, then went to open Limewire again. The same thing starting again.

It does not always crash immediately but it always does crash.

Other Java apps still work. Just not Limewire.

They did not install anything during that time period.

The only thing I can figure is going on is Limewire is corrupting something in the operating system. Since this is the only remedy that works.

Again, I have never had this problem so its frustrating that I can not fix this myself. The only difference between our computers is that hers is faster, with a combo drive. Other than that we are running the same version of the OS, Same version of Limewire.

Also, installing Limewire Beta version 3.8.8 does nothing to help.