After installing Limewire 1.6 under Win2k I figured out that there is actually no .exe file!!! How come??? I ain't supposed to compile all the java stuff all by myself??? That's crap!

i have the same problem... whenever i install on win2k it installs java and extracts a few jar files and icons and such, but i think it's missing some files, most specifically the exe

There is no executable file called "LimeWire.exe." Instead, a shortcut is made that launches a java run time environment. You have to use the shortcut to launch limewire. Here's what my shortcut target looks like:

"C:\Program Files\JavaSoft\JRE\1.3.1\bin\javaw.exe" -cp . RunLime

Hope this helps.