limewire doeswill not play downloaded files
 

i recently installed limewire, i cannot play downloaded music. i double clicked the file, launch it, nothing happens. i even uninstall lw and install it again.my o/s is windows xp-sp2. please help me. thanks.

What player are you using? If you're using the LW player, try disabling it (tools > options > player) & making something else your default player.

In LW's library, highlight a song & click Explore. Now your saved folder opens. Right click on a song > open with > choose program. Choose a player that you want to use to open your music & tick the box to always use the selected program to open files of this type > ok.

Let us know if you're still stuck:p

Hi
Try downloading & using the VLC media player (Its Free) & recomended by us here
at the limewire forums. VLC player has most all of the codec's built into the player &
plays above average quality for music & exelent quality for video files, (It play's most everything)

If you wish, VLC player can be set as the defult player for your computer, to do this
In Limewire Library, highlight a file mp3, avi or whatever you wish then click on
explore, in the bottom left corner.
This will take you to the shared folder outside of Limewire, right click on a file,
choose, open with, highlight VLC player, then tick the box to always use this program
to open this type of file. Reapete this action to include all the file types you wish VLC
to be the defult player.
USE THIS LINK IN BLUE (download from the nearest mirror site to you)
Http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Your servant.
Peace.

the same thing happened to mine. right after i upgraded to limewire 4.16. i disabled limewire player. but get this. it started playing on limewire and on itunes and windows media player