stuck @ 12 %(loading HTML engine...)
 

After an Uninstall of Lime Wire and a subsequent download of Lime Wire (which was a hassle in and of its self), Lime Wire is stuck in the opening screen (Lime Wire logo with a green background) at "12%(Loading HTML engine...). Any other attempts to uninstall and re-download Lime Wire have produced the same result. Ultimately, this is the best result thus far, but it has not gotten any further than that. Previous to that, I have had other problems downloading Lime Wire after I Uninstalled Lime Wire from my computer. I am not sure if the original Uninstall deleted ALL of the Lime Wire files and duplicate files of Lime Wire now exist after a second, thidr, and fourth download attempt of Lime Wire. Would duplicate files create these kinds of problems for Lime wire? Do I have to COMPLETELY clean my computer of ANY files of Lime Wire (excluding downloaded files) in order for a reinstall to work? I would appreciate any guidance or help. Sorry for the spelling errors. Please excuse my lack of any technical jargon, I am still in the dark ages with reagrds to computers.

jmavsmith71

How did you uninstall limewire?
If you're doing it via Add/Remove programs then that can cause problems!!
The correct way to uninstall is Start > All programs > Limewire/Uninstaller

Use your computer's search to look for all files & folders with limewire in the name. If you can't delete them, reboot into safe mode & then try. If they still won't delete, try one of the tools here...
Incomplete Download File won't delete at all.

Then when that is done...
Try uninstalling all versions of Java from the add/remove programs and then re-install the JRE 5.11 offline version....
Archive: Download Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 Update 11

Then install limewire using the offline installer...To find the offline installer, use the link below > cancel the installer window when it pop's up and then select the offline installer link...
Lime Wire » Download LimeWire


If that does not help with your problem try deleting your preference folder/s...
Fixes for Limewire when LW isn't operating as it should
LimeWire Pref Folder in Vista

12% Loading html engine
 

jmavsmith71, all you have to do, is find your limewire folder and create a new complete folder. It probably got deleted somehow. In your limewire folder create new folder then rename it complete. It worked for me.

Thanks Pinhead, and I mean that in the nicest terms. When you are talking about the "complete" folder, are you refering to completed downloaded files? Are you saying that once I download Limewire, just go into the limewire folder and create a new "Complete" file where all the downloaded files will go?

again, thank you
jmavsmith71

12% load freeze solution
 

KK, My friend and I both just had an excruciating experience with this on our windows vista laptops.. btw, we were running firefox ....

Here's how we BOTH fixed this problem.... this may only apply to vista machines tho... sorry

We changed the shortcut to and the limewire.exe file itself both to compatibility with windows XP sp2 by left-clicking the icons and going under the compatibility tab.

Then we left clicked the shortcut and chose "run as administrator"

after doing this the program hung up at 19% and said something about a "save folder" being damaged or missing. after hitting the "OK" button on this dialog box another dialog box came up asking us to choose a folder to stand in for the "missing or damaged" saved folder...

We simply created a folder named "saved" and this solved the problem....

Cheers for that...;) We need all the Vista advice we can get...

ive unistalled java but i couldnt download the offline verison so i had to do the online verison then i downloaded the limewire offline and my limewire is still the same. what do i do now? i have windows vista by the way

someone told me just to dl bearshare that its easyer what should i do cause nothing i do is fixing the problem

woah i actually fixed it.
thanks guys! all i had to do was find the hiding files and save it to a different one!! this is great!

Coffeennicotine...cool screen name...thanks dude, the Vista suggestions you made worked perfectly. I will now reboot and hope the config "sticks"!

Coffeennicotine your the man!

This worked for me
 

If Coffeennicotine's suggestion doesn't work for you try this.

Uninstall Limewire
Go to search for files, type in limewire and delete any files that come up. Make sure you delete the shared folder. It seems to be the main problem.
Now just reinstall limewire and it should run smoothly.

Make sure you do this FIRST before searching for any limewire files & deleting them. Otherwise you will get into all types of problems with getting LW operating at all. ;)
Generally the search for limewire files is best sorted by deleting the LW preferences folder; Easy instructions & sample image ;)
Vista users also see http://www.gnutellaforums.com/genera...der-vista.html

Thanks you helped me straight away! :D

Thank you so very much! I was going mildly insane trying to get it to work. Vista may be pretty, but it's driving me batty :/

Coffeennicotine http://www.gnutellaforums.com/downlo...er_offline.gif
Junior Member


Thanks! that fixed the troubles....

Thanks Coffeenicotine....That finally worked, but it's right clicking, not left.

Coffeennicotine I love you.
You're the best =]

Thank you, thank you, my kids were driving me nuts 'cause they could not get it to work with our new computer! I'm so glad there was someone else that had the same problems,& that this site exist, once again, THANK YOU!!

This process just worked for me too. Thanks for your sweat and frustration

Hey all,
I also had the 12% problem. im running vista and havent had a problem with it til now,
i upgraded to LW 4.14.10 a couple of weeks ago and also around the same time time java. apon coming back to LW a couple of days later it wouldnt start.not knowing what caused it doesnt help. it just stalls at 12% start up.
uninstal -reinstall change this change that ..... nightmare....
Coffeennicotine's solution worked perfectly. so thank you coffeennicotine.
If anyone else has this problem give this a go before deleting anything....

Cheers all
Probie

this worked for me thanks!
 

thank you

Deleting Files
 

I tried to delet all files. When into search folders and files. I pulled up 4 folders. Tried to delete them and got this message "The C:\program files\limewire.jar.tmp folder does not exist. The file may have been moved or deleted.

Does this mean it's really deleted?

Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

omg i feel like im going crazy, i still cant get it to work with the first suggestion on here, and i dont quite understand coffeennicotenes suggestion, "We changed the shortcut to and the limewire.exe file itself both to compatibility with windows XP sp2 by left-clicking the icons and going under the compatibility tab.'" i couldnt find a compatibilty tab?? is it because shes running firefox an im not. please help

ignore my last post i got it going, i opened my eyes properly and found the tab, thanx so much coffeennicotene

Ohmigoodness, I had this exact same problem! But, once I deleted all of my Limewire files (including the ones in my preferences folder) and downloaded Java again, it ran like silk! Thanks a million!! :-)

The suggestions for getting Limewire to install and run on Windowas Vista worked like a charm from Wondering Why, It takes a little time and patience and you must follow his steps to the letter. BUT if you do as instructed , you get LW up and running fine with no errors,no conflicts and no freezes. Couldn't have done it better nor been any more clear and concise on what you have to do.Listen to the guy, he knows his stuff...... Thanks, bud. Dave.

I had the same problem. It stopped at 12% under WinXP. Then i did shift+rightclick on the limewire.exe => execute as ... Administrator. Although my user already WAS or at least seemed to be administrator on my machine, it worked then. At 12% the configuration wizard is opening when you start it for the 1st time. and thats what was blocked before. Hope it helps u as well.

Awesome!
 

Dude, Coffee, you rock. Excellent advice. Totally got my stuff working. Thanks!


:super:

im STILL stuck at %12..where is compatability??
 

Hi,

I read the great advice from coffee, but I cannot find the compatabilty tab when i right click on the limewire shortcut on my desktop. I see the "run as administrator" but not the compbatability. I'm going nuts!!!! Please help!! Thanks so much everyone

Justine

STILL stuck at %12..where is compatabiliy??
 

Hi,

I read the great advice from coffee, but I cannot find the compatabilty tab when i right click on the limewire shortcut on my desktop. I see the "run as administrator" but not the compbatability. I'm going nuts!!!! Please help!! Thanks so much everyone

Justine

Compat button
 

Right-click it, hit properties, then at the top there are multiple tabs. One is Compatibility. A third of the way down the screen, on that tab, there is a box to check that says "run in compatibility mode" and then a drop down box of OS's to run it with. Just let it choose XP. That's how it worked for me anyway. Good luck.

thanks
 

haha i feel a little stupid, thanks for your help..im up and running!!!

This does not seem to work in windows xp!


Get to 12% - then stalls - HELP!

Try these fixes edddiec...
Try uninstalling all versions of Java from the add/remove programs and then re-install the JRE 5.11 offline version....
Archive: Download Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 Update 11

If that does not help with your problem try deleting your preference folder/s...This will reset your configurations back to default and get rid of any corruption that may of happened...;)
Fixes for Limewire when LW isn't operating as it should

Removed java & reinstalle java & limewire offline. Changed compatibility to windows 2k and everything worked fine.

thanks!:xirokrotima:

Yeah, I've tried the thing in the second post, I've tried to run as administrator, and I've tried everything I can think of. I'm using Vista Home Premium. Limewire's been working perfectly find, up until today. I tried to download something, and then LimeWire just quit. I then tried to re-open it, and it got stuck at 12%... Can someone help me?

Try this in this order...
Try uninstalling all versions of Java from the add/remove programs and then re-install the JRE 5.11 offline version....
Archive: Download Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 Update 11


Then uninstall Limewire using the uninstaller which is found in start > all programs > limewire...then re-install it using the offline installer...To find the offline installer, use the link below > cancel the installer window when it pop's up and then select the offline installer link...
Lime Wire » Download LimeWire


If that does not help with your problem try deleting your preference folder/s...This will reset your configurations back to default and get rid of any corruption that may of happened...;)

Fixes for Limewire when LW isn't operating as it should
LimeWire Pref Folder in Vista

I finally did it!! It was just easy I just run in compatibility mode like you people told too, and I was like "I have vista and im running things like xp wth" than i thought maybe I just try it again since it finally worked and I turned off the comp. mode to normal(vista) and it loads smooth.
Tyvm to you all.

Okay, I tried it again, and it works... But now, LimeWire opens upon start up, and when I exit, it just keeps popping up. I know there's something about this, and I tried that. I tried to uninstall LimeWire, but it said I needed to close LimeWire to uninstall, but it keeps opening. My uninstall screwed up, as I still have the folders and such, but when I try to click the, it says I can't find them. I tried to download BFU and everything, but before it gets done, it gets "Error '7': Out of Memory."

Hmmm, not good, you definatley have a worm, but you could very well have something else as well...

Could you disable your current Anti-Virus app and download AVG, make sure you update it and run a full system scan and see what it finds...
AVG free

If it finds a virus, follow the recommended steps that AVG gives you to get rid of it and then try the BFU fix again...

If you still have problems go to one of these sites and ask them for advice...
Bleeping Computer - Computer Help and Discussion
SpywareInfo Forum FAQ - SWI Forums
These guys are experts in this type of thing...;)

This has been bothering me for days now as it would initially load and then stopped, but alls well YIIIPPPPPEE :)

Limewire Opens Constantly, keeps trying even though uninstalled
 

I've been looking all over these forums and keep ending up back at square 1.

When I have limewire installed, it opens constantly. As soon as I close it, it opens again. From what I've found- looking up the problem online- it says I have a worm, and the reason it keeps opening on it's own is because it wants ppl to d/l things from me, and get the worm as well. No matter how many suggestions I've tried - spybot, etc virus protection things to remove the worm, none of them find it.

So I keep uninstalling limewire. But when I do that, it continues to try to open it, and gives me java errors etc, because something keeps trying to open LimeWire, but it realizes it's not there to open.

I need help!!!! There has to be a worm on my pc, it makes sense.

I have vista so some replies to these questions don't work as well for me..

HELPPPP!

Mine does that and after some advice from ET at work installed Avast and its seems to have sorted it out. Still opens on its own some times.

Unfortunately that's what I had in the first place- Avast.. and it never caught the "worm."

This is so annoying, I guess I just have to use my pc with a constant error in the background.

I've tried just about everything that everyone has suggested on here, all the Jave uninstalls and re-installs, all the offline installs, all the compatability changes, the "run as administrator" stuff, the correct uninstallations...etc etc etc. My Limewire is STILL stopping at 12%! I have a laptop with Vista on it, and Limewire USED to work on here untill recent. What am I doing wrong and what else is left to try?!?!

Try the removing and replacing the gnutella.net file...

http://www.gnutellaforums.com/connec...t-connect.html

I've searched for the Gnutella.net file, not luck finding it. Where would it be if I can't even find it when searching for it?

Ok, I was finally able to find, delete, and replace gnutella.net...but Limewire is still not going anywhere beyond that 12% mark.

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!! BEEN FIGHTING THIS FOR 2 DAYS INSTALL DELETE JAVA FORUMS THEN I TRIED THIS AND IT WORKED LIKE A CHARM.