what the F*** is going on? Old downloads cannot be resumed after crash

[TrangleC]

i just had LW running as suddenly my computer froze
i had no choice but to reset it
when i had restarted it and opened LW again, i got the message "the old downloads cannot be resumed"
the unfinished files are still in my "incomplete" folder, but still the unfinished downloads don't appeare anymore in the search window
isn't there anything i can do about this?
it would be absolutely terrible, because there was one very important download for me
a big file that i tried to download for almost 2 months now and just yesterday reached 98%
i just can't believe that...

[Lord of the Rings]

So your download list is showing nothing? Search each of the file topics again & choose to downld again. This is a much safer technique than using the Force Resume function.

It might also be worth making a note of your LW settings & then deleting your LW Preferences whilst LW is closed. They may have become corrupted. ie: Delete the LW Preferences folder called .limewire (whilst LW is closed!) & found here:
Windows NT 4.0 / 2000 / XP: C:/Documents And Settings/your_username/.limewire
OR Windows 98 / ME: Your .limewire folder is in "C:\My Documents" (BUT make a note of all your LW settings 1st, b/c after you delete the LW prefs folder you'll need to reset them.)

[TrangleC]

thanks for the help
i will try it

[Lord of the Rings]

One point I should make (I forgot), is that you may need to select one to downld, if it doesn't continue from the same % downlded then delete it & select another off the the search results. It can be a bit painful but if you have large incomplete files it may be worth the effort. For those that are only a few % downlded it might be better to start those ones from scratch.

[TrangleC]

it didn't work
although the files are still in the incomplete-folder and not renamed as corrupted, they don't appeare again in the search window
i tried to restart the download but it didn't work because there is only one user who has this file and he went offline when i just wanted to restart the download
but before he went offline, it seemed as if the download would have started at 0% again
*sigh*

the strange thing is that at the moment of the crash, only one minor important download was running but all of them are gone now, as it seems

[Lord of the Rings]

Sorry to hear! With an earlier version of LW it used to happen all the time to me ... and that's no crashes.

Of course you can try the Resume button from the library as a last resort. But obviously best to wait until they're back on line.