I fail to shut down limewire proberly - everytime I close LW the small window "please wait while limewire shuts down" gets frozen and i have to restart my PC. I've tried to reinstall, to disconnect before shut down, to use different versions - no success! please help!

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 change 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.
IN case you're using Vista: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/genera...der-vista.html

If that doesn't help, update your Java. You can either update to the latest version here (I have this one & LW's working fine): Java SE Downloads
or try this older version, which has worked well for lots of people: Archive: Download Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 Update 11
Whichever Java version you use, download the JRE offline installer & remove any other Java versions before installing another one.

Succsess! In deed I had to delete both preference files - thanks a million birdy