Cant start Limewire
 

Whenever I click on the limewire icon, located on my desktop, this is the message I receive:

Limewire was unable to initialize and start. This is usually due to a firewall program blocking Limewire's access to the internet or loopback connections to the local machine. Please allow Limewire to access the internet and restart Limewire...

I read this and so I go to my firewall program area and place an exception on limewire that is suppose to allow it to access the internet. Problem is, it doesn't do anything and it still wont't start. Can someone please help me because I'm getting very frustrated?

Can you give us a total desciption of your set up:
1. OS version? (eg: Windows 98)
2. What firewalls you have?
3. How much ram?
4. Hard Disk space available?
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.)
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers?
7. Where are you trying to connect from (home, school, work, etc.)?
8. What version of Limewire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version.
9. Who is your isp provider (Internet Service Provider)?
10. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up.
11. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user.
These details are vital if you want us to find out what your connection problem is.

12. Did you configure your firewall so it allows LW full access (advisable not to have 2 active firewalls b/c they can interfere with each other); Firewall configuration instructions (click on link)

13. Do this simple test for us. Using your browser go here: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ The page should say 'Your test worked!'. What happens when you go there?