Please can you help me as this is the fourth time i have typed this message and it too keeps disapearing.
when my computer rests,LW just shuts down, when i check the tray to re engage it that icon disapears also.
I have never had this problem before.
as long as i keep working on the comp ,LW stays put.
windows XP sp2 ,Zone Alarm security suite, br/band ispn. java, sorry i can not get the other info for i know not how. old wrinkly.

What version of Java are you using? Try installing this version. Use the JRE offline installer & remove your current Java version before you install this one.
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That sounds really hard to do, i will see if i can work it out, thanks for that.

hello , is Birdy still about?
I have found JRE 5.0 update11
and Java2 Runtime standard edition v1.3.1_01
and Java (TM)SE Runtime Enviroment 6update.
or near to those titles.
which do i get rid of ? and what is the you refer to ?

I am having the exact same problem. LW has closed on me 5 times today. I looked at the Java in the control panel but could not find what version I have. How can I find that information?

I just looked under add/remove programs and it says I have Java SE runtime environment 6 update 1 which was what someone here told me to install several months ago. What else could be wrong?

RBPme,
Remove all of those Java versions & start again. Just install the Java version that I linked to before.
When you click on the blue Java link, then click on 'Download JRE'...you'll be sent to the download page. There, you'll see that there are 2 Windows versions of JRE available for download. The top one is the offline installation (15.80 MB), the bottom one is the online installation (245.76 KB).



Put a tick next to the offline installation & download that one. Don't forget to accept the license agreement first

cosmosis66,
A few people have had trouble with Java 1.6.0_01, try the other Java version that I've linked to in post #2. Use the JRE offline installer & remove your current Java version before you install this one.

Hi mate (Aussie), Thanks a load for that ,she seems to be going a treat.
so the thing to do is not to update Java that is telling me there is an update available?Cheers

Java 6 update 1 has been proven to be the fault.

Suggest wait until 6.2 is released

Tests have proven a bug into the Java runtime environment V6.1 for Windows XP users.

Users will experience the Limewire application crashing shortly after it loads.

I have emailed Sun Microsystems, the makers of Java to advise of the bug.

In the meantime 'Birdy' is correct. go to the control panel & Uninstall Java Runtime v6.1

Users can download the older version 5.11 which runs the Limewire app no probs.
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I truly hope this is a bug & not Sun caving into copyright holders - by trying to strangle a 3rd party filesharing application.

I'm eagerly expecting Java RE 6.2 to see if the bug gets fixed.

What a pain in the ****.....