I am having this exact same issue, I've tried everything, and still cannot get limewire to work. It closes down as sson as it gets to the screen that asks me where to save files.

No I do not have another account on my PC that is ever used except the guest account which is disabled.

ok i unistalled pro i unuintalled java i ideleted the preference folder i unistalled gnutella and re-installed i re-installed pro and java i restarted my computer and limewire and still one bar what am i missing

http://www.gnutellaforums.com/connec...tml#post318358

Otherwise System details - help us to help you (click on blue link) ... because it's difficult to 'guess' what your problem is, which seems to be a connection problem, not a program start up problem.