KRS,

Try deleting LW's preferences folder when LW's properly closed. See point 3 here & also point 2 if you've used older versions of LW in the past (there could be a folder in either location).
Fixes for LimeWire
This will kill all of your settings within options, you'll have to go back through afterwards & reset things. If you're not sure of your settings, go through LW's tools > options & write them all down, so that you can reset things later.

Otherwise, try changing compatibility (point 5 in the 'fixes' thread).

^well i can't really do that because when i do a file search i get that message that says "windows explorer has encountered an error please send or not send the problem blah blah"

Screen saver seems to be my issue!!!
 

Hello one and all,

This maybe completely unrelated to the issues other are facing in this thread, but my issue seems to be exactly the same with a completely different fix.

I found as some of you also found that while working on the machine Limewire runs normally but afetr you leave the machie and in my case the aquazone (tropical fish) screen saver comes on, LW crashes.

I changed from this fancy scren saver to a windows (flower box) and now Limewire does not crash at all.

Like I say, your Java runtime version maybe the cause of your issues, but I have the 'bugged' version and LW 4.12.15 and the screensaver certainly sorted my problems out.

Cheers

Hi,

I updated my limewire last week to 4.14.10, and now at the end of the startup screen, it just dissapears. I have read all the posts i can find relating to this or similar, and have followed their instructions, ie. uninstalling limewire, including explorer search and deleting all related preferences folders etc. I have also then reversed my java install to 5 update 11, deleting all other versions first (including latest v6). Then reinstalling limewire (all using offline installers) but the problem does not go away.
I noticed in mickjapa108 post that java 5 update 12 is recommended, although the link goes to update 13, and I cant find update 12. Do you think this is relevant or should my system work anyway with the update 5 as recommended in lots of other posts ?
any suggestions ?
eg.like limewire, does java need any further deleting of remaining hidden/system files/folders when removing previous versions after using 'add/remove programs' to do the standard removal ?

on first startup of limewire after removing the preferences folder, the wizard runs as it should asking me to select my preferences such as connection type etc, but on completion, the remaining startup window just completes ie. 'loading user interface, loading core components .....etc etc' to 100% and then disappears. after the first, then subsequent starts bring up the loading screen again, which dissapears at the end, with nothing running, nothing in sys tray, nothing in 'processes' in task manager.

any help would be greatly appreciated,
many thanks.

Right click on the LW icon on your desktop > properties > compatibility. If you're using XP, try running in compatibility mode for Windows 2000 or NT.
If you're using Vista, try compatibility mode for XP.

Do you have Alcohol software installed? If so, check out the thread below & see if that helps.
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/genera...tml#post293318

Hi thanks for your reply. Sorry, forgot to mention I had already tried the compatibility back to win2000 (running XP pro) and still same. I have also now tried frostwire which I saw suggested on another thread, and that has exactly the same problem as limewire.
I checked my two daughters pcs last night and they both have latest limewire and latest java, one on vista home on a new laptop, one on xp pro on an old laptop, but both working fine so I'm really stumped now !!!!
help !

Sorry, also do not have alcohol software installed. I had seen that thread and couldn't find any reference to the software or filenames on my laptop.
thanks.

Important thing is that you have to check how many Java versions do you have. You must have only ONE version of it, not 2 or more.
To be able to see how many Java versions you have, go to Control Panel then onto Add/Remove programs. Scroll down and check how many Java versions you have. I suggest to uninstall all of the Java versions, or everything that begins with Java. After that go to Java official site and download latest offline version of Java. Install it and hope it will work.

There are lot of conflicts made with this new LW between different versions of Java. Try this and reply what happened.
Thx :)

Hi thanks for your interest.
I did uninstall all java versions using add/remove programs (see post #24 above) before installing latest version. I also kept on uninstalling each time before trying the older versions eg 1.5_11 (12 & 13) but still the same. have also just tried starting via limewire.jar as suggested on limewire.org forum but still same.
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Hi wange
sorry about the confusion 1.5.\10,11,12 & 13 are OK to use even JRE 6 without any updates is fine, the prob starts with JRE 6 u 1.
If you have installed newer java versions, you should do a search of your COM for old java files including Prefech files & delete them before reinstall, careful you don't remove the installer files, Put your old installers into a new folder on a drive where you will not delete by accident , if this fails to improve things Post your details, I will see what I can do to help.
Peace