Hi, my 1st post, so be Kind!

I have been using limwire for a long while and have been using limewire pro without too many problems. I downloaded LW 4.4.4
Pro and when i try to start it up i get a java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError

System is xp professional
pc is amd 2.8ghz 512mb ram
hd is 30 gb
java is Version 1.5.0 (build 1.5.0_01-b08)
This has happened with previous dowloads of LW pro, but it still worked, this time, nothing!

Any help would be appreciated, but keep it simple, I'm a newbie
when it comes to programming etc

It's useful if you post the entire error, not just the name of it.

LimeWire version @version@
Java version 1.5.0_01 from Sun Microsystems Inc.
Windows XP v. 5.1 on x86
Free/total memory: 3498496/4128768

java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
at com.limegroup.gnutella.util.StringUtils.<clinit>(S tringUtils.java:41)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.settings.SettingsFactory.re load(SettingsFactory.java:136)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.settings.SettingsFactory.<i nit>(SettingsFactory.java:96)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.settings.AbstractSettings.< init>(AbstractSettings.java:38)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.settings.LimeProps.<init>(L imeProps.java:22)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.settings.LimeProps.<clinit> (LimeProps.java:13)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Initializer.initialize( Initializer.java:128)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUILoader.load(GUILoade r.java:44)
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:31)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.limegroup.gnutella.settings.ApplicationSetting s.<clinit>(ApplicationSettings.java:13)
... 13 more

STARTUP ERROR!




FILES IN CURRENT DIRECTORY:
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire 4.0.8
LAST MODIFIED: 1094271174000
SIZE: 0

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire 4.0.8 Pro
LAST MODIFIED: 1094272886000
SIZE: 0

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire 4.2.6 Pro
LAST MODIFIED: 1103271310000
SIZE: 0

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\.NetworkShare
LAST MODIFIED: 1108267352000
SIZE: 0

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\install.log
LAST MODIFIED: 1108270126000
SIZE: 2001

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\COPYING
LAST MODIFIED: 1108159150000
SIZE: 18349

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\GenericWindowsUtils.dll
LAST MODIFIED: 1108159148000
SIZE: 12279

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire.exe
LAST MODIFIED: 1108159150000
SIZE: 81920

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire.ico
LAST MODIFIED: 1108159150000
SIZE: 13806

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire20.dll
LAST MODIFIED: 1108159148000
SIZE: 32768

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\MessagesBundle.properties
LAST MODIFIED: 1108159146000
SIZE: 100599

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\SOURCE
LAST MODIFIED: 1108159150000
SIZE: 268

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\WindowsV5PlusUtils.dll
LAST MODIFIED: 1108159148000
SIZE: 12808

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\data.ser
LAST MODIFIED: 1108159150000
SIZE: 358

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\donotremove.htm
LAST MODIFIED: 1108159150000
SIZE: 0

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\hashes
LAST MODIFIED: 1108159298000
SIZE: 298

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\pmf.ico
LAST MODIFIED: 1108159150000
SIZE: 3262

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\pub1.key
LAST MODIFIED: 1108159148000
SIZE: 711

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\spacer.gif
LAST MODIFIED: 1108159150000
SIZE: 49

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\update.ver
LAST MODIFIED: 1108159148000
SIZE: 1618

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\xml.war
LAST MODIFIED: 1108159148000
SIZE: 4431

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\root
LAST MODIFIED: 1108270112000
SIZE: 0

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\language.prop
LAST MODIFIED: 1108270112000
SIZE: 4

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1108270118000
SIZE: 5223121

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\MessagesBundles.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1108270118000
SIZE: 1862744

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\ProgressTabs.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1108270118000
SIZE: 5964

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\clink.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1108270118000
SIZE: 627752

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\commons-httpclient.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1108270118000
SIZE: 463786

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\commons-logging.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1108270118000
SIZE: 59154

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\daap.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1108270118000
SIZE: 310773

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\i18n.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1108270120000
SIZE: 25678

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\icu4j.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1108270120000
SIZE: 741440

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\id3v2.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1108270120000
SIZE: 94430

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\jcraft.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1108270120000
SIZE: 135834

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\jl011.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1108270120000
SIZE: 255016

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\jmdns.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1108270120000
SIZE: 69306

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\logicrypto.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1108270122000
SIZE: 227510

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\looks.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1108270122000
SIZE: 630634

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\mp3sp14.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1108270122000
SIZE: 40064

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\themes.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1108270122000
SIZE: 178691

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\tritonus.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1108270122000
SIZE: 152711

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\vorbis.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1108270122000
SIZE: 27215

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\xerces.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1108270124000
SIZE: 2147687

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\xml-apis.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1108270124000
SIZE: 207655

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire On Startup.lnk
LAST MODIFIED: 1108270126000
SIZE: 1450

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\uninstall.exe
LAST MODIFIED: 1108270126000
SIZE: 108905

Umm where did you get your Limewire from? Did you get it from here?: http://www.limewire.com/english/content/download.shtml

Looks like a CVS version.

Heh. That's a side effect of us changing the way LimeWire is loaded (to show the splash screen faster). I forgot to replace the version marker in the startup errors. Oops.

We'll look into that error, Stjohn. It should hopefully be fixed for the next version.

I removed everything, including the limewire. file
and reinstalled limewire pro, it seem to be ok, so far
thanks for the responses