Opening Limewire
 

HI, I HAVE RECENTLY WENT FROM LIMEWIRE PRO THAT WAS A OLDER VERSION TO LIMEWIRE BASIC 4.8.1. IT WONT OPEN THOUGHT, IT GOES HOURGLASS FOR 2 SECONDS AND THEN GOES AWAY AND NOTHING OPENS. I HAVE CONTACTED COMPUTER TECH SUPPORT AND THEY TOLD ME I HAD TO CONTACT LIMEWIRE. I HAVE TRYED DISABLING FIREWALLS AND THAT DIDNT FIX THE PROBLEM. ANY ADVICE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

THANKS

Do this test: Bug Report instructions & sample image Is your result True/False?
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my limewire does not open.. i have windows xp home sp2.. but the program just doesnt open i've delted all the limewire files on my hard drive and reinstalled and still doesnt open

I gave you the wrong test sorry! lol :D
Do this simple test for us. Using your browser go here: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ The page should say ‘Test Page was a Success’. What happens when you go there?

Have you updated your operating system or video cards recently since you've had this problem?

Your test page was a success! so true.. i have installed a new video card and hard drive recently however i was running limewire pro 4.0.8 that i downloaded but it kept saying a newer version is available at the bottom of the program so i did that.. and after a couple days of the new one working it just kept not opening... and it makes me mad cause i loved limewire... PLEASE HELP

Can you tell us which video card? Was it ati or something else & do you know which version update you did? See this: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=34408

it does the same thing for me too.. the page said it was succesfull opening also. i have had the same computer for 2 years and used all the newer versions of limewire for that period.. i just now reformated my harddrive and everything works fine except for limewire.. installs great, but doesn't open.. just hourglasses for a second..

hi, yes i have a ati radeon 9250 predator by mad dog

not sure what updates i have.

i installed ares and it opens.. so does that help determine what the problem is?

Please help me yall

Dare I repeat, I hope this helps but it has for a no. of people that the last driver update for ati card has caused problems so the answer was to roll back to the previous version ati driver. Read this post ATI Graphics card driver update has Bug (click on this link here!)