TruStarWarrior,

nope. limewire17.lax is a simpletext file. doubleclicking it reveals it to be some kind of list of parameters or instructions. however, i do have limewire up and running after some serious finagling, and i'm nervous about how long it can remain so.

i re-installed the OS from scratch (AGAIN), installed Limewire 1.7, and it worked - until i started restoring my preferences and extensions. installer observer didn't indicate that any files (visible or invisible) had been created in my preferences (except for alladin's stuffit expander) that i might have overwritten; my extensions folder showed MRJ items installed, so i didn't overwrite those. no invisible files discovered there, either.

so i reinstalled the OS (AGAIN! i'm getting proficient at it) and have been taking very careful notes. i'm replacing the standard extensions with their patches one by one and keeping the old versions handy. it appears to be working fine for the past two hours, but i can't count how many times i've re-booted to test if a change has broken limewire.

i'm curious - where would ZGNativeUtilLib (presumably a java class) be located? does the installer modify a standard macintosh extension, thus making it hard to visibly track the changes it makes?

having more interesting than intended,
peter the freaq.