limewire loads then freezes

[beani1]

hi iam using version 5.1.2. and as it says in title limewire loads but then freezes after about a minute, and the only way to shut it down is through the task manager. have tried starting it several times to no avail.also have recently run windows onecare. can someone please help.
also can anyone tell me why loads of my files have disappeared. when i try to play them i get a message saying file has been moved, renamed or deleated. thanx... system details below


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System Information
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Time of this report: 5/8/2009, 20:44:36
Machine name: D517T92J
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.090206-1234)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System Model: Dell DXP051
BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A07
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 2.80GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 1022MB RAM
Page File: 962MB used, 1495MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.5512 32bit Unicode

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[Peerless]

are you upgrading from a previous version of LW?

its possible the freezing is caused by a lot of shared files being re-hashed...

[beani1]

upgraded a month ago. it was working ok. just tried again still no joy. it seems to freeze while still loading, after i get full connection. not sharing any files at the mo so i dont think its that. if i tried reinstalling limewire 5 would all my files still be there???

[beani1]

any help from anybody would be greatly appreciated.

[Ma5KD]

Same problem here. I did get it to work on two sessions by following these steps:
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/window...ng-should.html

I performed 5+6 and it worked. I also found WMP running at the same time meant Limewire would crash even if I had made the changes.