uninstallation help

[{c.lll.a}apple]

i recently uninstalled limewire, now i have a mesage coming up that limewire cant start, here is the mesage::LimeWire version 4.16.7
Java version 1.6.0_03 from Sun Microsystems Inc.
Windows Vista v. 6.0 on x86
Free/total memory: 32885488/33357824
com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUILoader$StartupFailed Exception: .\lib\hashes (The system cannot find the file specified)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUILoader.sanityCheck(G UILoader.java:286)
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:44)
STARTUP ERROR!
: please help.

[Lord of the Rings]

Try deleting your LW Preferences folder whilst LW is closed; instructions here: Point #2 & 3 in Fixes for Limewire (sample image included at bottom of page.)

You might also want to use the add/remove control panel and remove all versions of Java. Then install the more recent version release OFFLINE installer version Download Java software from Sun Microsystems