Thanks TruStarwarrior, the new path is just the advice I needed. Everything is working great now. I am also running Windows 98 SE.

Anytime, guys! :-)

The standard installation will not work for windows 95 machines.

In order for LimeWire 1.6d to run on my machine I had to change the shortcut to the following.


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

It ran first try after that.

thanx so much for the info! i just got limewire 1.6, and i couldnt get it to work! now it finally works! thanx all!

mmm, mines still stuffed, im sorry but i just cant work out the shortcut, ive tried everything!!!

i have a c:\windows\jview.exe file, is this what i should be [pointing it to?

but it wont let me!!!

pls help

The two paths that have been shown to be acceptable so far are:

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

C:\WINDOWS\javaw.exe -cp . RunLime

Do you have Java2 installed? Perform a search (Start > Find > Files or Folders) for javaw.exe. If you don't have it anywhere, you will need to download and install it from

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/jre/

or use the LimeWire installer to install it for you.

ok, i d/l the java from sun, now i have two javaw.exe files, in both locations, windows and program files, but neither works!

when i enter the address inthe "start in" window, it just says invalid shortcut???

also the "target" box says - cp.RunLime, but i dont have any such file?

the file in 1.6d folder is RunLime.class???

ok, i need two addresses
pls tell me what goes in the "target" box, and what goes in the
"start in" box, sorry, i know im slow, but im unacustomed to creating shortcuts manually!!!

thanks for your time!

oh, what happens if i install java 1.3.1, on top of the working java i had??

cos i got the shortcut to say "unable to start the virtual machine", now, hey at least its a different message!!!

Goto java.sun.com and download their JRE2 1.3.1
Goto www.limewire.com and download LimeWire1.6d.

UNinstall your old JRE(s).
UNinstall LimeWire (all copies if more than one exists).

Install official sun JRE2 1.3.1
Install LimeWire 1.6d


The above solved half a dozen problems for me.

To answer your question, Trevor......

Target: C:\WINDOWS\javaw.exe -cp . RunLime

Start in: "C:\Program Files\LimeWire 1.6d"

Is it working?