Problems on installation - help needed
 

I have searched through an awful lot of threads and can't find a problem like mine, so I am asking for any advice.

I have downloaded the Limewire installer, i try to install it, and everything is fine to a point. I have gone through everything, it is on my desktop and all seems fine, i click on it and it comes up with the language select etc, i go through all of this and get to the scanning the hardisk part. It starts scanning and then the box disappears, no error message, it just disappears - and if i try clicking on the limewire on my desktop it takes me back to the language select part and again when i get to the scanning hardisk it just disappears.

Now, I have got rid of and reinstalled the J2SE(TM) Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 9 offline version, as well as the Limewire offline install version - and retried the process, but the same happens everytime.

Help would be greatly appreciated - and I am using Windows XP and have plenty of GBs of memory and a decent RAM, so I cannot see that as a problem.

Many thanks,
andy3624

Hmmm, try installing it with out scanning you hard drive for files, it's one of the options during the setup. See if that helps.

If not try these suggestions. Try deleting the limewire preferences folder(while LW is closed) point 2 & 3. Fixes for Limewire when LW isn't operating as it should!

Then try these again. Remove your current Java & then reinstall JRE using the offline installer here
http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp

Then reinstall LW using it's offline installer
http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp

Ok, I have deleted the preferences file, and done all the other steps on the LW fixes page, and still it does the same thing..........anymore ideas???

Are you running any anti-spyware that might see LW as a threat? Some of AOL's software is known to interfere with LW.

no, i dont have aol- i have some antispyware stuff but it is disabled....

Maybe you need to run the installer exe in a different compatibility mode. Rightclick the LW installer icon and choose Properties>Compatibility. Change the mode to Windows NT (or Windows 2000). That might help...
:Smilywais:

i have changed it to that, i do have progress, i now see the like outline of the limewire screen and the update box for a split second before it disappears....

if you guys cannot help me anymore, can you suggest another file sharing application i can download that WILL work

Andy,

Can you run a dxdiag.exe report and paste it into a new reply? If we can see exactly what hardware and software you're running it might help people find a fix or a clue to what is causing your particular malfuntion.

Alternative P2P software: Shareaza, RShare, Freenet, I2P, GNUnet and Entropy. There are others. Best thing to do is take a look at all of them and see for yourself which one will meet your need the best.

how do i run a dxdiag.exe reporT?

I wouldn't put shareaza 1st on that list. It's a leech program. Leeches from networks whilst it shares with another. System details - help us to help you (click on link)

(not to say raza doesn't have it's good points because it does. But depends upon user responsibility which is beyond most people! Because most people are selfish & greedy unless the point is made to them they are a part of a sharing group, not just I take all & run. If people didn't fairly share then there would be no downloads for anyone. Leeches are not wanted anywhere!)

True
 

Fair enough. I use Shareaza as a torrent client mainly anyway. For me it seems to have a much better resume protocol than Limewire. The downloads may take me longer (and usually do) :) but I do get them eventually. I at least share what I take. I cannot vouch for anyone else though.

Probably should not have added it to the list though. You're right on that.

I wasn't meaning to put the fair user down of shareaza down, but Gnutella users are all too familiar with raza users who offer attractive downloads but are too busy using their upload capacity elsewhere. Raza users often have those hard to get or rarer files, but attempting to connect or get consistancy in connecting or any speeds above 2 KB/s is often an effort that proves fruitless or ending up with lots of partial downloads that rarely seem to get to an end even if reconnected several times. Always nice to find the reasonable raza sharer though. And when people share fairly, so does the concept spread. (excluding those who are helplessly selfish & non-sharing; & there's a deliberate % of those in all p2p programs used; "user attitude")