If it's some block made by LW 5, it should still be fixable. After uninstalling, try removing anything Limewire including the program folder, incomplete, appdata and manually removing any Limewire registry entries, and then after reboot run some kind of registry cleaner e.g. CCleaner. Then reinstall Limewire.

Also with LW 5, you may need to (1) enable the sharing of documents .. found in first window of options. (2) go to Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> Files, and click on the File Extensions management button. Make sure file types like pdf, LIT, etc. are checked under the Documents section.

LW LW 4, Tools -> Options -> Sharing -> Types. Make sure the file types you wish to share are both listed & checked. By default, .lit & .doc & .rtf are not checked for LW 4 AFAIK but I might be wrong.

Something else to keep in mind is, if you keep continually searching the same search terms over & over, your ultrapeers 'might' start blocking the searches. This may take some days to recover from.

Can a person be blocked from searching say LIT files, but still be able to search mp3's?

Actually after thinking about it, i "assumed" that i connected to different UP each time I logged on. But usually i'm trying to locate a book or two that will complete a series and therefore i am searching for the same file over and over.

I made sure that .lit file types are added in my LW 4.

I did completely clean my machine of all limewire files including the hidden ones and reinstalled LW 4. What I'm wondering now is, if more and more ppl use LW 5 and LW 5 by default doesnt share .LIT files, then most likely there'll be less and less found.

Thank you for helping me.

If you are using LW 4.9 .. you will not be able to download from people using versions 4.17 or 4.18 or version 5.

If you are using 4.16 or higher you will be able to download from 4.17 or higher.

Try varying the way you search. ;)

I've tried using LW 4.18 and I am still not finding .LIT files any longer. I've also tried using LW 4.9.37 on a laptop that still runs Win XP and it's not finding .LIT files either. It's sad. LW was such a good source too. I've gone back to LW 4.9.39 Pro. I like the way it works in finding mp3 files.

Does not being able to find .LIT files anymore, have anything to do with license violations or something?

still surprisingly frustrated that I can't get .lit files anymore.

Go to LW's menu bar, Tools -> Options -> Filters .. check keyword filters & make sure .lit is not listed. Also check extensions & make sure .lit is not listed. If it is listed as being filtered out then select it & click the remove button. :)

I can't test about finding .lit files at present since I'm overseas, but will try in over a week's time after I return. There are of course alternatives to .lit depending on what topical files you are after.

I have nothing listed in the filters. .LIT files was listed in 'Shared Extensions' . I've tried it both way, taking it out and keeping it in.

When you click on 'About Limewire' it says I'm using Limewire 4.9.37 Pro, Java 1.6.0_16. I've tried running Limewire on my desktop that is running Win Vista 64-bit and also on my laptop that runs Win XP.

On the Vista machine, I have Java(TM) 6 Update 3 and 16. I wonder if this is some kind of compatibility issue.

Sorry! I'm just one of those ppl that like to figure out things when they don't work. Like why doesn't this work when it used to work. It frustrates me. I'll keep trying at my end until it's fixed. There is no better place to get the .lit files, with Limewire the selection was amazing. Thanks for trying to help me.