Too many people think because they see songs in LW's playlist in iTunes that they have been transfered. In fact no. Only on Mac OSX does iTunes actually physically copy the songs to its own library. On windows, the playlist you see is simply a playlist, it points the player to where the song files were when they were added. In this case your LW download folder. So if you have moved or deleted them from there, then iTunes won't be able to find them. (1) To properly copy songs to iTunes music library see How to transfer music to my iPod (& iTunes) {click on link}.
(2) To find your files you have downloaded, go to your LW Library window, select Saved Files folder & press the Explore button. Sample image here: Using Library Explore button to access downld folder (click on link) & the folder will open up for you.

u have not been reading whole thread, ty for the tip of finding my library though...

my problem is as followed, i lost my files through an auto install of a newer version (dang it) did i perm lose them???

i DON't want itunes or ipod things, i want my files to be played by windows media player cos thats why i lost them in the first place (i figure)

can somebody help me with this; files bein played by windows maedia player and not by itunes

Try this....

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 MP3 files
Select open with
Select choose program
select WMP
and tick the box that says always use this program to open this file type
Select OK

thanks for the help , got it set right now

do you also know why limewire made an auto update and therefore losing all my media files???
do you know where to locate them, they're no longer in my shared folder....

That I don't get, that shouldn't happen...
Try doing a computer search for one of the files that have disappeared if you can remember one and see if it pops up...
Also just check your recycle bin...

If you still have no luck try one of the suggestions in this sticky...
DELETING FILES FROM LIMEWIRE LIBRARY-DON"T! - File recovery advice!

:aweof::aweof:WW you're an ace!!:wai::)

I wish I knew more about all these things:sad:

no i really can't find them

it gave this as an error after that darn auto update, i had to reinstall and i lost all my songs....

LimeWire version 4.14.10
Java version 1.6.0_02 from Sun Microsystems Inc.
Windows XP v. 5.1 on x86
Free/total memory: 4065808/5177344
com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUILoader$StartupFailed Exception: invalid themes.jar
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUILoader.sanityCheck(G UILoader.java:289)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUILoader.load(GUILoade r.java:57)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Nativ e Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknow n Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Un known Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Main.main(Main.java:45)
STARTUP ERROR!


FILES IN CURRENT DIRECTORY:
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\lib\clink.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1190717109890
SIZE: 622008
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\lib\commons-httpclient.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1190717109953
SIZE: 445371
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\lib\commons-logging.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1190717109984
SIZE: 59154
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\lib\commons-net.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1190717110031
SIZE: 355370
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\lib\commons-pool.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1190717110062
SIZE: 158968
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\lib\daap.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1190717110125
SIZE: 375837
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\lib\foxtrot.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1190717110156
SIZE: 44273
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\lib\hashes
LAST MODIFIED: 1190038886828
SIZE: 210
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\lib\httpcore-nio.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1190717110187
SIZE: 257183
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\lib\httpcore.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1190717110234
SIZE: 273935
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\lib\icu4j.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1190717110296
SIZE: 741440
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\lib\id3v2.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1190717110343
SIZE: 94018
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\lib\jcraft.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1190717110375
SIZE: 136693
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\lib\jdic.dll
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SIZE: 110592
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\lib\jdic.jar
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SIZE: 96604
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\lib\jdic_stub.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1190717110437
SIZE: 64134
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\lib\jl011.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1190717110531
SIZE: 255016
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\lib\jmdns.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1190717110562
SIZE: 69306
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\lib\LimeWire.ico
LAST MODIFIED: 1190038751687
SIZE: 25214
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\lib\LimeWire.jar
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SIZE: 10654460
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\lib\log4j.jar
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SIZE: 677952
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\lib\log4j.properties
LAST MODIFIED: 1190038756281
SIZE: 7171
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\lib\looks.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1190717110718
SIZE: 630634
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\lib\MessagesBundles.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1190717109781
SIZE: 4279781
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\lib\mp3sp14.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1190717110750
SIZE: 40064
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\lib\ProgressTabs.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1190717109828
SIZE: 5786
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\lib\SystemUtilities.dll
LAST MODIFIED: 1190038751843
SIZE: 90112
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\lib\SystemUtilitiesA.dll
LAST MODIFIED: 1190038751984
SIZE: 86016
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\lib\themes.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1190717110781
SIZE: 690764
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\lib\tray.dll
LAST MODIFIED: 1190038753562
SIZE: 45056
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\lib\tritonus.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1190717110828
SIZE: 152711
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\lib\vorbis.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1190717110843
SIZE: 27215


problems i have and that i want to solve... ;

- i can only open my songs with windows mp by clicking explore in my library ; how can i make sure they open in wmp just by clicking on them in limewire itself??

- how can i make sur this auto update doesn't delete my files again??
in what folder can i copy/put them to make sure they're safe???

Your songs by default should go to C:\Documents and Settings\your username\Shared.

They are suppose to be safe there and uninstalling limewire doesn't effect that folder...Did you change the location that your files where to be saved to before...

To get WMP to automatically play your music make it your computers default player...

To disable LW player go to Tools > Options > Player and untick the box and select apply...

To make WMP 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 MP3 files
Select open with
Select choose program
select WMP
and tick the box that says always use this program to open this file type

i didn't change location of folder but if i remember correctly limewire was linked with itunes...

when i open itunes library i can c the songs there but when i want to play them it can't play them cos they can't find them