Hi, I have a simillar problem but not exactly the same, so I just started a new thread. I hope that's not a bad thing.

When I click the cross-hair in the top right of the window, I have it set to minimise to the system tray. After a few minutes I want to view the progress of my downloads only when moving the curser over the LW icon, it disappears. I then reload LW to find that all my searches have gone and my downloads are having to reconnect. This has never happened before.

I'm not really clued up with all this about updating my java stuff so is there any down to earth solution?

"Birdy" - really like your quote ("A clean house is a sign of a broken computer"), I have something smart to say to my girlfriend when she complains about how my desk makes the room look bad. Cheers

Maybe your LW preferences have got a bit messed up. Try deleting the preferences folder when LW is properly closed (otherwise it won't work)...this will reset all options to default. You'll have to go back through & reset things afterwards as you had them. See points 2 & 3 below for instructions. If you've used older versions of LW you might have a folder in either location...so check both
Fixes for LimeWire

Try that first & see if it fixes things!

That quote's my excuse every time my house looks bad

I'll delete that other thread now that you're in this one...no worries!