Alright, so I tried to get into my LimeWire earlier this evening (which had been running perfectly) when I get an error. It says that one or more files used for running LimeWire are corrupted and to please download and install again.

This is the error it gave me (I reported the bug):

LimeWire version 4.8.1
Java version 1.5.0_03 from Sun Microsystems Inc.
Windows XP v. 5.1 on x86
Free/total memory: 3542512/4128768

com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUILoader$StartupFailed Exception: file [LimeWire.jar] has hash of [9EA216D5A0BD944C8FCD78EBC71969D0] instead of expected [A87933B243985F551A35761D0F9C2861]
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUILoader.verifyHashes( GUILoader.java:327)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUILoader.sanityCheck(G UILoader.java:293)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUILoader.load(GUILoade r.java:43)
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)

STARTUP ERROR!




FILES IN CURRENT DIRECTORY:
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\.NetworkShare
LAST MODIFIED: 1120891547237
SIZE: 0

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\clink.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1120891540978
SIZE: 627752

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\commons-httpclient.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1120891541489
SIZE: 463786

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\commons-logging.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1120891541830
SIZE: 59154

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\COPYING
LAST MODIFIED: 1121384497632
SIZE: 18349

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\daap.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1120891541970
SIZE: 310773

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\data.ser
LAST MODIFIED: 1121384497679
SIZE: 358

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\donotremove.htm
LAST MODIFIED: 1121384497554
SIZE: 0

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\GenericWindowsUtils.dll
LAST MODIFIED: 1110397777750
SIZE: 12279

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\Girly music.m3u
LAST MODIFIED: 1121702480230
SIZE: 4742

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\hashes
LAST MODIFIED: 1121384665070
SIZE: 298

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\i18n.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1120891542260
SIZE: 25678

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\icu4j.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1120891542400
SIZE: 741440

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\id3v2.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1120891542661
SIZE: 94430

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\install.log
LAST MODIFIED: 1121837250320
SIZE: 0

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\jcraft.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1120891542771
SIZE: 135834

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\jl011.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1120891542971
SIZE: 255016

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\jmdns.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1120891543121
SIZE: 69306

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\language.prop
LAST MODIFIED: 1121836598793
SIZE: 4

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire.exe
LAST MODIFIED: 1110397778015
SIZE: 81920

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire.ico
LAST MODIFIED: 1121384497539
SIZE: 13806

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1120891536862
SIZE: 5262588

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire.jar.tmp
LAST MODIFIED: 1121836605022
SIZE: 5863459

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire20.dll
LAST MODIFIED: 1110397777828
SIZE: 32768

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\logicrypto.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1120891543252
SIZE: 227510

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\looks.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1120891543542
SIZE: 630634

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\MessagesBundle.properties
LAST MODIFIED: 1121384490851
SIZE: 113241

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\MessagesBundles.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1120891540768
SIZE: 2057292

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\mp3sp14.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1120891543983
SIZE: 40064

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\oldies.m3u
LAST MODIFIED: 1121701928596
SIZE: 3579

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\PackedJars.7z
LAST MODIFIED: 1121384595601
SIZE: 1918508

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\pmf.ico
LAST MODIFIED: 1121384497570
SIZE: 3262

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\ProgressTabs.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1120891540818
SIZE: 5964

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\punk rock.m3u
LAST MODIFIED: 1121701782817
SIZE: 3259

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\rap.m3u
LAST MODIFIED: 1121702268625
SIZE: 2624

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\root
LAST MODIFIED: 1121836598552
SIZE: 0

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\SOURCE
LAST MODIFIED: 1121384497664
SIZE: 268

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\spacer.gif
LAST MODIFIED: 1121384500007
SIZE: 49

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\themes.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1120891544053
SIZE: 193884

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\tritonus.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1120891544123
SIZE: 152711

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\unpack.log
LAST MODIFIED: 1121836605022
SIZE: 372

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\unpackedJars.tmp
LAST MODIFIED: 1121836624550
SIZE: 0

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\update.ver
LAST MODIFIED: 1121384496882
SIZE: 2766

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\vorbis.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1120891544263
SIZE: 27215

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\WindowsV5PlusUtils.dll
LAST MODIFIED: 1110397777890
SIZE: 12808

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\xerces.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1120891544644
SIZE: 2147687

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\xml-apis.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1120891546126
SIZE: 207655

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\xml.war
LAST MODIFIED: 1121384497242
SIZE: 12519

So I did as it said and uninstalled, downloaded again, and attempted to reinstall.

This time, it says that there is an error opening one of the files during the installation. It's GeneralInstall or something along those lines. So I abort. Redownload and try again. Same thing.

Now it gives you the option to ignore it, so I decided to try that. I try that and it pops up wiht more and more files that it has "errors" opening. Probably six or seven in all.

If you ignore all of them (which after downloading again and attempting to reinstall about four times -- not exaggerating) then it will continue to install. But it stops about seventy percent through and says

"Installation Corrupted. Please download and install again."

But it's the same. Something seems to be wrong with the download.

Any ideas?

Uninstall using the uninstall program within the LW program folder! Then get this version: See Here about other version. Just unzip it & use it. It might be worth giving your system a check over with file utilities & also cleaning out the registry. If you don't have a registry cleaner, there's some links here I think: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...232#post121232