help me limewire has encountered a problem and must close at this time
 

i know this is simular ro my last problem, but actually its different. i cant preview a song or movie/video without error message popping up saying limewire has enciountered a problem and must close at this time. i can preview them under windows media player but that is just aggrevating to have to go back and forth between the two. everytime i launch song,ect. this happens. i have went back to the version of wmp that i previously had like you suggested and uninstalled and reinstalled limewire. still same problem occurs anymore suggestions? anyone else having this problem? thanks for your help in advance. this is driving me crazy!!!!

Can you remember the last thing you downloaded before this started happening ??
I'd say there is a corruption in one of your files and it causes limewire to close...
you can check this by trying to access your shared folder outside of limewire...
By default go to My Comp > HDD > Documents and settings > User (your folder name) > Shared...
If it gives you the same message LW does it is definitely a corruption and you will need to work out which one it is and delete it...
If it doesn't post back and we will find another solution...:rolleyes_2:

goodws1.
Try this player, Media Player Clasic, Has codecs built in, & no backdoor for
spammers to exploiet, WMP is a problem for P2P users unless you can set your
firewall to never alow WMP to connect to the internet
http://www.mpcstar.com/?lang=en_us
May also be fake files you are trying to D/L

USE BITZI LOOKUP
when you see a file you want
Right click/advanced/look up file with BITZI, if its not reported on leave it, till it is, Now music, is not so easy,
The Newer they are, the more careful you must be
The record companys are putting swarms of fakes on
the network, Take note of size, Songs less than 2000kb with 128kb bitrate must be less than two mins.THINK!!, how long is the song Im looking for ?
so what size SHOULD it be,
If it dos'nt have a bitrate! LEAVE it,
Scan every File befor OPENING them
Dont D/L exe,rar,zip,or wma files. I am expert at using LimeWire & I dont touch them they are 99.9% viruses. We only use these for testing antivirus
programs.
Peace.

help me i dont know how to do what you told me to do?
 

sory i went to my comp hard disk drives doc and setts. user name9my folder0 shared and then under music what do you mean if it gives me the same message as limewire it is a possible corruption? this just takes me to the list of all my songs do you mean to play each song and see if the message pops up? this will take forever. is there an easier way to scan for corrupt files? maybe i just dont understand what you want me to do and am doing it wrong. please explain. there has to be a way to determine what file is corrupt you would think. if not how do i delete all songs video and movies and make sure it is deleted everywhere on my computer. and if i do this and still have same problem can i restore them back with norton restore? i hate to lose all my songs if thats not the problem. HELP PLEASE REPLY BACK AGAIN ROLLEYES-2:

No don't delete all of your files...I take it you successfully entered your shared folder without the error message popping up...

I would now think that there is a corruption within LW itself...
Try the fixes in this thread one by one...Make sure you use the offline installer for Java and LW....Uninstall Java first and reinstall....Then uninstall LW...If it still keeps popping up with the error report try deleting your preference folder...

All instructions and links are in this thread....
Fixes for Limewire when LW isn't operating as it should!

i tried all suggestions?!
 

i tried everything on fixes when limewire isnt operating as it should as suggested by lord od the rings also others suggested that i had downloaded a corrupted file and if i find that and delete it that would fix the problem . i deleted everything on my computer that has anything to do with songs videos or movies deleted all songs from wmp and everythong from limewire, and still have the same problem. also was suggested that if i could get into my shared files on comp and got same error that i had a corrupted file somwhere bit when i go there and play a song i dont get the error message that i have been getting . i dont know what else to do thanks for your help so far everyone but dont forget me i still need your help. i just cant figure this one out. thanks.

When you uninstalled limewire did you use the limewire uninstaller or did you do it through the add/remove programs ??

You could also try this fix....
Right-clicking the Limewire icon and going to properties and change compatability setting to Windows 2000. (but only if you're using Windows 2000 or later.) Somebody reported changing to Windows NT compatibility fixed their problem despite not using that operating system version.

i tried both ways . i know your not supposed to go to add remove but i thought it was worth a shot ive tried every thing else but i also tried the removal under programs

I'm at a loss as to why this is happening to you...I will ask around and see if anyone else has some suggestions for you...

thanks i appreciate that. this is literally driving me crazy! i know its not a big thing but one little thing like this on your computer can drive you nuts!

Ok ...I have put my head together with another forum member and we have come up with this...

Try unistalling limewire and installing the Beta version http://www7.limewire.com/beta/LimeWireWin.exe it's an excellent version I use it myself...

Now download the VLC media player http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ it's an excellent media player....
Make the VLC player your default player...
Go to your shared folder (outside of Limewire) you will find this folder by clicking on one of your files in your LW library and clicking explore...

Right click on one of your movie files
Select open with
Select choose program
select VLC
and tick the box that says always use this program to open this file type
Select OK

You also might want to do it with your MP3 files as well ( I use itunes)...

Now go and try to open a movie file with the VLC player and an MP3 file with itunes and see if you still get the error message...

it wont let me download vlp the bar asks if it can download (security bar) and i check download file the box pos up to down load but there is nothing typed in the box to download or to check ok to star downlod???? why does eveything have to be difficult for me? by the way i downloaded the limewirepro beta version tonight thinking that may help but NOT... oh by the way it asks me questions under bitrate what is that i dont know what that means so i just left it the way it was when it downloaded. do you think i need to go back to an older version of java maybe and if so which do you suggest i try that you think may help? sorry to be such a pest i really appreciate all of your help and patience.

You poor thing you really are having a hard time with this and thankyou for your patience and trying all the different solutions we come up with...Many would of abused us by now...:rolleyes_2:

Ok let's start from scratch...Can you supply these details please, so we know exactly what we are dealing with here...
System details - help us to help you

i have a dell comp with windows xp media center2005 edition just purchased new in august. windows firewall dsl with modem only have home comp and do not share with any other comps have lw pro 4.12.11 java 1,5,0,11 but tonight i upgraded to limwire beta thoought that might help but it didnt i think its 4.13? my isp provider is verizon i did the test and it said your test worked i have no other computers i am 2 yr experienced limwire user and no problems until now and yes i do have the brick wall at the bottom of the download page towards the left of the screen if thats what you are referring to. that is all the answers to the list of questions that i know the answers to to tell you . hope this helps. by the way i think you are all very nice to help us out and some of these posts bacjk to you dear people just trying to help i think are just downright mean and rude let them walk a mile in your shoes huh?? god bless you all!

Can you also tell me what security you are running...
ie Antivirus and spyware programs...
Also if you have a look under your modem you will see the make and model number for it, can I have this info as well please...

Did you change or add any software to your computer just before you noticed this error occuring...

norton systemworks the modem is a westell model 6100

Ok maybe Norton is stopping something, well I think it is when you are trying to install the VLC player....
Can you just try disabling it and then try to download the VLC player and install it...
I really think this whole problem lies within the current player you are using...

Oh and you have a Nat firewall in your modem, but we will get to that bit soon...:D

Hi goodws1, found this WonderingWhy
verizon has been mentioned by Lotr in #14/#15 of this link, Lotr says not confirmed.
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=33712

And #20 Here.
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...hlight=verizon
Just for your concidertion, a poss.
Peace.