LimeWire internal error from upgrading.......whats going on?
 

Hey, I'm new in here and I am so disappointed that my limewire will not open up anymore (havent opened LimeWire since I upgraded).
It was working perfectly for atleast 2months but now it has an error message and tells me to COPY and PASTE the message and email it to bugs@limewire.com............however, I have done just that several times and no response from them.
My dad paid the $8 or whatever it was to get LimeWire and we are incredibly stressed that we recieve NO help whatsoever from LimeWire. The text in the error message is as follows.................


STARTUP ERROR

Java version 1.3.1_02 from Sun Microsystems Inc.

Windows 2000 v. 5.0 on x86

Free/total memory: 3734288/4128768



java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/sun/java/util/collections/Random

at com.limegroup.gnutella.GUID.(Unknown Source)

at com.limegroup.gnutella.SettingsManager.loadDefault s(Unknown Source)

at com.limegroup.gnutella.SettingsManager.(Unknown Source)

at com.limegroup.gnutella.SettingsManager.(Unknown Source)

at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.ResourceManager.(Unknow n Source)

at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Initializer.initialize( Unknown Source)

at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Main.main(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)

at RunLime.main(RunLime.java:77)



-- listing properties --

TIMEOUT=8000

FILTER_HTML=false

SESSIONS=129

COUNTRY=US

MAX_LENGTH=65536

ACCEPT_AUTHENTICATED_CONNECTIONS_ONLY=false

AVERAGE_UPTIME=4803

SEARCH_LIMIT=64

MINIMUM_SEARCH_SPEED=0

SHOPPING_VIEW_ENABLED=true

CLEAR_UPLOAD=true

APP_HEIGHT=600

ALLOW_BROWSER=false

BASIC_QUERY_INFO=1000

USE_QUICK_CONNECT=true

MAX_SIM_DOWNLOAD=8

BROWSER=netscape

MAX_UPLOAD_BYTES_PER_SEC=65

INCOMPLETE_PURGE_TIME=0

AD_VERSION=1.0

FILTER_GREEDY_QUERIES=true

MAX_SHIELDED_CLIENT_CONNECTIONS=75

FREELOADER_ALLOWED=100

FREELOADER_FILES=1

TTL=7

FORCED_PORT=6346

BLACK_LISTED_IP_ADDRESSES=209.87.249.123

FILTER_DUPLICATES=true

EVER_SUPERNODE_CAPABLE=true

CONNECT_OK_STRING=GNUTELLA OK

CONNECT_STRING=GNUTELLA CONNECT/0.4

PROMPT_EXE_DOWNLOAD=true

SOFT_MAX_TTL=7

SHUTDOWN_AFTER_TRANSFERS=false

WINDOW_Y=84

WINDOW_X=92

SERVANT_TYPE=XML_CLIENT

MINIMIZE_TO_TRAY=true

EVER_ACCEPTED_INCOMING=true

SOFT_MAX_UPLOADS=5

EXTENSIONS_TO_SEARCH_FOR=html;htm;xml;txt;pdf;ps;r
tf;doc;tex;m...

ADVANCED_QUERY_INFO=50

FORCE_SUPERNODE_MODE=false

CLASSPATH=LimeWire.jar

DIRECTORIES_TO_SEARCH_FOR_FILES=C:\Program Files\LimeWire\Shared;

FILTER_ADULT=false

PLAYER_ENABLED=false

PARALLEL_SEARCH=5

FORCED_IP_ADDRESS_STRING=0.0.0.0

LIBRARY_VIEW_ENABLED=true

MAX_TTL=16

FILTER_VBS=true

FORCE_IP_ADDRESS=false

INSTALLED=true

CONNECTION_SPEED=350

CLEAR_DOWNLOAD=false

PERSISTENT_HTTP_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT=15000

MAX_DOWNLOAD_BYTES_PER_SEC=313

APP_WIDTH=840

MIN_SHIELDED_CLIENT_CONNECTIONS=4

SERVER=false

BANNED_WORDS=

FILTER_HIGHBIT_QUERIES=true

RUN_ONCE=false

COOKIES_FILE=lib\Cookies.dat

MINIMUM_SEARCH_QAULITY=2

PORT=6347

KEEP_ALIVE=4

DISABLE_SUPERNODE_MODE=false

DIRECTORY_FOR_SAVING_FILES=C:\Program Files\LimeWire\Shared

CONNECT_ON_STARTUP=true

JAR_NAME=LimeWire.jar

MONITOR_VIEW_ENABLED=true

CLIENT_ID=8423713F042AEB99FFA73EF7B84B4A00

QUICK_CONNECT_HOSTS=router.limewire.com:6346;conne ct1.gnu...

LAST_EXPIRE_TIME=1016177984530

UPLOAD_SPEED=100

CHECK_AGAIN=true

TOTAL_UPTIME=619622

MAX_UPLOADS=20

UPLOADS_PER_PERSON=3

CHAT_ENABLED=false

CONNECTION_VIEW_ENABLED=false

LANGUAGE=en

-----------------------------------------------------

Can any one help or me? Has any one had this error before and overcome it? I would MUCH appreciate a reply or any kind that might give me some advice or something because Im fed up of searching the internet for solutions to this problem with no success! Thank you so much!

Kind Regards,
Melissa, United Kingdom.

melissa this is not the limewire forum.
wanna try Gnucleus?

WHAT!
 

ISIT NOT? GRRRRRRRR! Just my luck! Than x 4 tellin me! :(
Regards
Melissa

yes, this is the limewire forum, and im getting the exact same error...

That means LimeWire doesn't find the classes from a file called collections.jar, which should be located in c:\program files\LimeWire\lib

Also make sure, that it is in your classpath when starting LimeWire.

Bugs
 

So what is going on with the bugs. I have Limewire pro and cannot use it now. I have sent 5 messages to their site concerning this bug and have not received a reply. Does anyone have a positive answer to this dilema?

Where to did you send your email? You have to send your message to service@limewire.com with the same eMail address you used to buy LimeWire Pro.

I fooled around with my files and got my program working again. No help from customer-NO service, however...

I have had the same problem since the big "upgrade," and I have had no response to my e-mails to service. I have had the program (Pro) for a whopping two months. Whoopee.

I get this message, Taliban:

STARTUP ERROR

LimeWire version 2.2.2 or above java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.limegroup.gnutella.util.CommonUtils

Java version 1.3.1_02 from Sun Microsystems Inc.

Windows 2000 v. 5.1 on x86

Free/total memory: 3688744/4128768



java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/sun/java/util/collections/Comparable

at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass0(Native Method)

at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)

at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(Unknow n Source)

at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)

at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(Unknown Source)

at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)

at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)

at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source)

at com.limegroup.gnutella.SettingsManager.loadDefault s(Unknown Source)

at com.limegroup.gnutella.SettingsManager.<init>(Unkn own Source)

at com.limegroup.gnutella.SettingsManager.<clinit>(Un known Source)

at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.ResourceManager.loadRes ources(Unknown Source)

at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.ResourceManager.<clinit >(Unknown Source)

at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Initializer.initialize( Unknown Source)

at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Main.main(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)

at RunLime.main(RunLime.java:77)



-- listing properties --

TIMEOUT=8000

FILTER_HTML=false

SESSIONS=42

COUNTRY=

MAX_LENGTH=65536

ACCEPT_AUTHENTICATED_CONNECTIONS_ONLY=false

AVERAGE_UPTIME=13839

SEARCH_LIMIT=64

MINIMUM_SEARCH_SPEED=0

SHOPPING_VIEW_ENABLED=true

CLEAR_UPLOAD=false

APP_HEIGHT=574

ALLOW_BROWSER=false

BASIC_QUERY_INFO=1000

USE_QUICK_CONNECT=true

MAX_SIM_DOWNLOAD=3

BROWSER=netscape

MAX_UPLOAD_BYTES_PER_SEC=27

INCOMPLETE_PURGE_TIME=7

AD_VERSION=1.0

FILTER_GREEDY_QUERIES=true

MAX_SHIELDED_CLIENT_CONNECTIONS=75

FREELOADER_ALLOWED=100

FREELOADER_FILES=1

TTL=7

FORCED_PORT=6346

BLACK_LISTED_IP_ADDRESSES=

FILTER_DUPLICATES=true

EVER_SUPERNODE_CAPABLE=false

CONNECT_OK_STRING=GNUTELLA OK

CONNECT_STRING=GNUTELLA CONNECT/0.4

PROMPT_EXE_DOWNLOAD=true

SOFT_MAX_TTL=7

SHUTDOWN_AFTER_TRANSFERS=false

WINDOW_Y=-4

WINDOW_X=-4

SERVANT_TYPE=XML_CLIENT

MINIMIZE_TO_TRAY=true

EVER_ACCEPTED_INCOMING=true

SOFT_MAX_UPLOADS=3

MAIN_CLASS=com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Main

EXTENSIONS_TO_SEARCH_FOR=html;htm;xml;txt;pdf;ps;r tf;doc;tex;m...

ADVANCED_QUERY_INFO=50

FORCE_SUPERNODE_MODE=false

CLASSPATH=LimeWire.jar

DIRECTORIES_TO_SEARCH_FOR_FILES=D:\My Music;

FILTER_ADULT=false

PLAYER_ENABLED=false

PARALLEL_SEARCH=5

FORCED_IP_ADDRESS_STRING=0.0.0.0

LIBRARY_VIEW_ENABLED=true

MAX_TTL=16

FILTER_VBS=true

FORCE_IP_ADDRESS=false

INSTALLED=true

CONNECTION_SPEED=56

CLEAR_DOWNLOAD=false

PERSISTENT_HTTP_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT=15000

MAX_DOWNLOAD_BYTES_PER_SEC=22

APP_WIDTH=808

MIN_SHIELDED_CLIENT_CONNECTIONS=4

SERVER=false

BANNED_WORDS=

FILTER_HIGHBIT_QUERIES=true

RUN_ONCE=false

COOKIES_FILE=lib\Cookies.dat

MINIMUM_SEARCH_QAULITY=2

PORT=6347

KEEP_ALIVE=4

DISABLE_SUPERNODE_MODE=false

DIRECTORY_FOR_SAVING_FILES=D:\My Music

CONNECT_ON_STARTUP=true

JAR_NAME=LimeWire.jar

MONITOR_VIEW_ENABLED=true

CLIENT_ID=F1F8914EAE8400D4FF4E301E5D260D00

QUICK_CONNECT_HOSTS=router.limewire.com:6346;conne ct1.gnu...

LAST_EXPIRE_TIME=1020388064178

UPLOAD_SPEED=100

CHECK_AGAIN=true

TOTAL_UPTIME=581266

MAX_UPLOADS=5

UPLOADS_PER_PERSON=1

CHAT_ENABLED=true

CONNECTION_VIEW_ENABLED=true

LANGUAGE=

Soooooooooo, what is the deal??

Mine is working again
 

I contacted a friend and she emailed me with a link to click on which lead me straight 2 downloading limewire 2.3.4 so i did and it is working fine. may be you should go to the site again and try and get in to your limewire account and download from there?

Check if you find a file called LimeWire244.jar in your LimeWire directory. Rename it to LimeWire.jar (and delete the old one). Another solution is to edit your LimeWire.bat file (in your LW-directory) and replace LimeWire.jar with LimeWire244.jar

There could be two reasons for this problem. One is, that your [LimeWire-dir] \lib\collections .jar is not where it should be, the other is that your LimeWire.bat file doesn't point to the right file. Open it with notepad or something and check if it contains "lib\collections.jar" or something.

I never had the problem you describe, but it's surely caused by some java libraries, that couldn't be loaded.

Same problem
 

Is this fixed yet?
Is there a simple link to fix this?

Solved the startup trouble after the new update...
 

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Originally posted by Unregistered
LimeWire version 2.2.2 or above java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.limegroup.gnutella.util.CommonUtils

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According to Taliban's instructions I did the following.

1. Goto Limewire directory.

2. Youwill find limewire.jar and limewire244.jar files in there

3. Delete the limewire.jar file

4. Rename limewire244.jar to limewire.jar

5. And it works fine now!

Thanks Taliban.

Reinstall Java
 

I couldn't get my 2.44 to work after an upgrade recently. Most frustrating. I got the same Java errors posted here previously, but renaming files didn't work at all. Every time I started the program, it would pause the cursor and dump out again. It was as if I had never even tried to start the program.

Uninstall and reinstall LimeWire didn't do the job. Uninstalling keeps the Java plugins intact. It's those that were causing the problem for me. Each time I had upgraded, a new version of Java was installed as well. I had three separate versions listed!

Uninstalling Java, one at a time, then LimeWire itself, then reinstalling from a fresh download of 2.44 did the trick. It forced a download of the current Java files that were compatible with 2.44 and re-established all the library links.

It worked for me, but that's just one computer. Your mileage may vary.

-Flinthoof

Java Update
 

Try downloading the latest Java client from sun microsystems 1.4 i think they're up to. get it here http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/download.html

After you d/l it be sure to uninstall the 1.3 client and restart limewire ... it will say that it cant find its client ... direct it to the 1.4 client and you are set.