No it doesn't, you choose the port you want to use...Try 64049, it explains it all in the instructions I gave you...

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i Have port forwarded over a dozen times for my torrent programs. it REQUIRES the port limewire is using. not any random port. look at the page you gave me, it specifies to use the port limewire is using.

Your doing my head in seriously....

This is what it says, please read it...

In the Router Configurations section we want to put a dot into the Manual Port Forward radio button. Now we need to select a port to use for LimeWire. It doesn't really matter what port you choose, but a port between 10000 and 60000 would be a good idea. These higher numbered ports are rarely blocked by ISPs. Once you have chosen a port please enter that port number into the box to the right of the Manual Port Forward box. That port should also be put into the Listen on Port box. I also need to you enter that port number into the box below.

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You can CHANGE the port LW is using yourself. That's why WW suggested trying a different port. But don't choose a port anything else is using ... be it another computer or another program or even the same program but different user account. Although not necessary, it is better to do a separate port forwarding for each of TCP & UDP (can improve performance from the router in some situations).

Before we can forward ports for LimeWire, we need to figure out what ports LimeWire is using. Here is a brief walkthrough on how to do that. Go ahead and open up LimeWire.

PortForward.com



it seems someone here is blind. can anyone give me a solution please.

something extremely odd happened about a month ago. so i was doi LIMEWIRE STARTED for no apperent reason. i had no clue what had happened in the last 2 weeks i hadn't tryed to open it. i erased vista and installed it again since i had to change my motherboard because it went a bust. and now i cant start it. ima gonna try to do what the roxio representative told me to do once. start vista in diagnostic mode. tell you if a iget any good results.

Britannica encyclopedia is evil. it installs quick time for java witch is apparently what breaks limewire. i just wished i had known this sooner. thanks for all you help.

what part of "i cant open limewire" aren't you people getting.

You didn't exactly say that you couldn't even get limewire started, I read you post as saying that you cannot connect to any peers...
My Bad...

Do this....

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

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wow, you read my mind. any ways i uninstalled all versions of java and theyr updates. get this, IT starts. without java? whats going on. i closes its self in the same place. how is this even possible.