Limewire documents...will not open
 

I'm RED not Lime Green

If it says limewire document, I guess you just trash it. Most downloads are fine. But when one comes in as limewire, you can slice it, dice it, rename it, but it stays limewire document. Click on it and Limewire comes to the front...and just sits there and looks at you like you've screwed up!

A real fix would be helpful. None of the fixes I've seen have worked.

And to add to the frustration, it's almost always the huge files that do this; the ones you have waited 30 minutes on a cable connection to download.

Phoey!

rd

You have to type what kind of file ( like .mp3,.exe,.sit,etc.)at the end of the name. OK

Been there, done that
 

Doesn't help! Tried it.
Stuffit expander just scratches its head at sit files, and dmg files, well they continue to be limewire files ad nauseum.

me too
 

I know what your saying Rd2. I have the same trouble. Occasionally for a SIT file I will even get the proper icon for Stuffit, but nothing happens. I would be interested in a solution. If it matters, I have an iBook with OS 9.2, cable internet, and the Stuffit that came with OS 9. All the small files work great. Anyone???

Solved!
 

These files are fixable! (wish I'd thought of this before I re-re-downloaded that 19 MB file...)

All you need to do is get MP3 Rage, which you should have anyway because it is a really excellent program for fixing your ID3 tags, which you do, right? There is a free trial period so you can try it out.

Anyway, start up MP3Rage, drop your mystery "limewire document" onto the top button in the console, the one that says "Display & Edit MP3 File Tags."

In the upper right hand corner of the window that will open, you'll see the filename, then two windows labeled Type and Creator.

Change Type to
SITD
and Creator to
SIT!

All caps, and you do need the exclamation point.

Click "Update." You'll get a dialog box saying something about there being no tags in the file. Click the option "Delete Tags."

Voila! File is fixed, and will open with Stuffit like normal.

(If this advice helped you, pass it on, and please spend a little time with MP3 Rage fixing the tags on your files...artist, album, song title...)

Not mp3
 

Ahem! I seldom have trouble with mp3s. This fix seems to be only for music files. What about program/application files that have nothing to do with mp3s? These are the megafiles that chew up a lot of time and frustrate me when they don't work!

If this is some kind of magic fix for all files, let me know.

It's not just for MP3's. The fix I posted above is specifically for Stuffit archives, which are the ones I'd had the "Limewire Document" problem with, and the one the OP was asking about...

For any other kind of file you need, just open up a known good one with MP3Rage, and note the type and creator. Then open up the bad file and change them to match.

Hope this helps!

Bouncing this back to the top.

(bump)
for ravaillak

Whoever came up with the solution for the lime wire document things is a f!@#ing genius i down loaded so many songs like that and almost threw them away but didnt

Mind if I put that on my resumé?

bink is the man!

Moderators, will you please sticky this?
It's a problem that keeps coming up.

No, really, sticky this, please!

(somebody click on "report this post" so the mods will see it, ok?)

Can't open LimeWire Doc/Tried MP3 Rage
 

I tried the MP3 Rage thing and it worked on a couple of small files but when I tried it on an 87 MB application file it didn't do a thing. The file remains a LimeWire doc. Can anyone help me open this file. Thanks.

so, I went to look for MP3 Rage, and it turned out to be OS 9 and higher. sad thing is i'm running OS 8.5... and of course those dear limewire documents remain impossible to open... is there any alternative?

I don´t know where is the problem here?

These are NO Limewire documents! These are files that you download from a user like you and me... Limewire is only the CLIENT!!!

Which format have these files? Perhaps you need only an other tool to open it? Normally ONLY files with .MP3 and .WAV are music files...

Please describe your problem more detailed, perhaps we can help then!

Morgwen :confused:

Limewire must be stumped
 

THANKS to those who have tried to help, but the problem is still there. This thread has been alive for quite some time so I think even the folks at

LIMEWIRE MUST BE STUMPED !!!

I will still check back from time to time. Maybe someone else needs praise for their resume. God bless you who have narrow band access and spend an hour or better downloading a file, just to find you cant open it. Yep, it is sitting right there on your computer, but 'you can't touch this'.
:confused:

Tell my computer there is no such thing as a LimeWire Document
 

I have been having the same problem with files turning into LimeWire documents, most are .sit files and when you click on them it opens up LimeWire app and nothing happens. I also tried the MP3 Rage thing it works on some files but not on all. Seems like there should be some way to open these files. Seems like the problem started when I upgraded to the latest version 2.3.3 of LimeWire.

Try FileTyper. The trick is knowing what codes to enter. These threads (1, 2, 3) should have what you need.

Sometimes the application that can open that type of file can do it if even the type and creator codes are wrong. Try dragging the files to the application that can open it or File:Open within the application.

No Avail!
 

I am having this problem too. I have read all these threads, tried the solutions with MP3 Rage and FileTyper, but still to no avail. Why would LimeWire change the resource fork anyways? If anybody has any solution to the .sit files not opening, it'd be GREATLY appreciated. To the LW dev team: I think your product is awesome but it seems this problem is a major headache for all, please take note and come out with a Patch or update.
Thanks

Up To Here
 

I've about had it. I've tried all the suggestions, too. How loud do you have to type before the LW devs hear. I agree, the program has merits, but you can't trust it for serious, large downloads.

It may be fine for play toy dls.

Hey, anybody know of a better app? That's a stupid question! If you did, you would be using it instead of reading the frustrated LimeWire users COMPLAINT forum.

Wake me up when it's over!:cool:

i too have files i dloaded that are limewire documents (and they will not open) . i cant change them w the mp3 rage trick etc.there muct be a way.they are never mp3 filea and are always larger files.--d

I think I've finally figured it out
 

Open MP3 Rage and drag the LimeWire doc into the "Display and Edit MP3 File Tags" bar, in the upper right hand corner of the window that will open, you'll see the filename, then two windows labeled Type and Creator.

Change Type to: SITD
and Creator to : SITx

Another post had an ! mark after the Creator and that works for some small files, but for large application files this worked for me. Please post if this works for anyone else.

So, I'm happily downloading tons of mp3's...without a hitch. I can click on launch (or even double click on the file) while it's downloading, and listen to it in iTunes...NO Problem! I've got music, people are sharing music, everyone's happy....until one day I click on the file to play and it won't. I can go into the file where the mp3 is stored click on it and tell it to open with Quicktime translator and it will play...but that's not the point. Why in the hell are my files suddenly downloading as documents? I haven't change any setting...nothing. I even purchased LM Pro to see if that remedied the problem....NOPE! Still downloading as documents. Lame, very lame. Anyone got any suggestions?
thanks! Vic

How to open LimeWire or other dmg files
 

Two ways. If Toast dosn't open the file then use MacLink Plus.
1. Open toast ,open other, select disk image drag the dmg file onto Toast and select mount disk. If a disk dosn't show on your desk top go to.
2.Open MacLink Plus Drag the dmg file onto MacLink Plus, open the file icon and select the lower icon, select decompress on MacLink Plus. The file will open the same as expanding it with stuffit . When the file has expanded it will also be a dmg file, go back follow step 1. You should now have a disk image of the file on your desktop. Cheers
Timewaster

If you are in OS 9, go to VersionTracker.com and download Tech Tool Lite 3.0.2. Use it to rebuild your desktop file, which is the most likely cause for the problems you're having.

dmg files
 

i have tried every trick in the book, but still no love.... how do i open.dmg files? what if toast will not mount them as a disc image, disc copy disc smoppy,mac link plus headache any ideas?--d

A Fix to documents will not open?
 

Hi Everyone

I discovered that after downloading your file it will not have a mp3 file type
at the end of the file name, and I also found that the file name was too long to add mp3 to it , so I deleted at least 4 letters or spaces then added .mp3 to the end of the file name then clicked outside the file box and wow it turned into a quicktime file. Hope this works for some one else.

Bob

I have the same problem with .sit files mysteriously ending up as limewire documents and I am not able to open them!!! It's so frustrating!. I downloaded the MP3Rage and that isn't working. When I drop the file onto the MP3 Rage, nothing happens. I can't find it browsing through my files although I see it on my desktop clear as day. It's like it's invisible!!

I am just confused and frustrated. Someone please help! Why doesn't this work? I have had this problem many times before.
Thanks,
Gabrielle

1) .sit files. You can go to all the trouble of fixing creator/file type, or just drag and drop to the icon of StuffIt Expander. It doesn't matter if it is a "Limewire document". If Expander can't unpack the file, then trash it.

2) for mp3's: get "iTunes Associator" at versiontracker.com. Freeware.

End of story.

wrong I have had this problem also bump

Limewire documents..will not open
 

Hi..I haven't seen this adressed specifically: when I download huge files of music software such as Pro Tools, etc. they come up as "Limewire documents", as everyone else in the responses above have been saying. I just want to know if anyone knows what I'm supposed to DO with these files (such as :"56 Pro Tools plugins"!!) after they've been downloaded! Many of them don't have any suffixes or anything to tell you what kind of a file it IS!! I'm good at my software, but these kinds of problems are baffling for me...dropping them into Stuffit works only sometimes...do I need some kind of converter to see these files?? And what do I do with them to get them to work with the app. I downloaded them for?? HHEELLPP!!! I'm very frustrated at my own ignorance!
Thanks, in advance!
Pawsmusicprod

OK. Once again:

For a .sit that shows up as a "Limewire Document". Drag the file to the icon of StuffIt Expander.

For mp3: get "iTunes Associator" at versiontracker.com. Download that. Drag your "Limewire" mp3 to that. OR do the suffix trick.