Just recently, whenever I start limewire, the first thing that pops up is an error message saying
"Limewire was unable to write a necessary file because you do not have the necessary permissions. Your preferences may not be maintained the next time you start Limewire, or Limewire may behave in unexpected ways."

I tried uninstall and reinstall, but the same message appears. Does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks in advance.

Delete LW's preferences folder (when LW's closed). See points 2 & 3 in the link below.

Remove your current version of Java (add/remove programs) & reinstall JRE using the offline installer. See point 1 below.

Fixes for LimeWire

Hi,
Thanks for your help. However, I cannot locate the .limewire folder. I tried searching (with showing hidden folders) but there were no results. As for the Java, I have the most up to date version, so I'm not sure what else to do.

If you're using a recent version of LW the preferences folder won't be called .limewire.
It will be found within C:\Documents and Settings\your name\Application Data\LimeWire. The LimeWire folder is the one to delete.
It's important that LW is closed while doing this... otherwise it won't work

There are two limewire folder. One with limewire only and the other is
limewire20.dll, do I delete both or just one? THanks again.

Delete the one that says LimeWire only, within Application Data

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