[QUOTE=Lord of the Rings]LW will only use Java 1.6 if no other versions of Java are on your system. So you'd need to remove the earlier versions.

Yeah I did that but it still gave me a warning that it is only for WinXP and above, but I tried it anyway and got exception errors so I uninstalled it and put 1.5 back in.

You've got me stumped. I'm not sure what the problem is.

When you deleted the preferences folder, did you look for the hidden folder called Application Data? It can only be found if you turn on 'show hidden files & folders' before searching for limewire.

For windows 98 the earlier versions of LW the LW prefs were found here: Your .limewire folder is in "C:\My Documents"
I'm not sure about now. The new prefs folder is normally found in application data folder.
It is in Windows folder right at the top.(because of the decimal point first)
I did a search of the hard drive for anything that has the limewire word and there are no other places in Win98.
I am in the process of installing everything on the other computer to see what happens.If it works, it will eliminate lots of things.
I'll keep you posted.
Thanks for the help!