Need help Limewire will download and start up. I click on the first button that comes up and it crashes everytime cant figure out how to get it to load. I have tried the backup installer and it doesnt work

Try the process suggested in step 1 above. And as suggested, if you use Vista you need to set both the installer & LW to run as Admin.

Another thing to try is, change the compatibility mode of LW, set to run as Windows 2000/NT, or if using Vista set to run as XP. To change compatibility mode, see point #5 or 6 here Fixes for Limewire (click on blue link).

BTW if anyone is interested in downgrading to LW 4, please see Why is LW 4.16 superior to LW 4.18 or LW 5?.

LW 5 will not be friendly to everyone's system, but that's been the nature of LW, one version doing ok, the next not on a particular person's system.

Alright... I'm ****ing pissed and sorry for my cussing but.. like my name says, WHAT THE **** LIMEWIRE? I had the previous limewire and saw the new update, so I went ahead and updated it so I could get the newest limewire. Then when I try starting it up after downloading it says Limewire Couldn't Start :-( And then goes on with it's bullshit about reinstalling. I reinstalled. Still nothing happened. So I use this back up link and it still ****s up. My limewire was fine and then this new shitty update now made it so I can't even use limewire! This is rediculous. Help me please! And sorry for my cussing again as I said.. im just so ****ing pissed!

Alright nevermind. I just downgraded.
Alright for every1 here's a tip!
Go to my computer.
Then Program files
Then double click on limewire.
Go to .NetworkShare
Then boom! all of the installations for the previous installers. Works completely fine, and just use the previous limewire which is 4.16.6
And then the error thing doesn't pop up!
Completely normal. Hope this helps guys!

Hi, I'm Alembic. My system details and problem follow.



System details

1. OS: Windows XP Home SP3
2. Firewall: whatever comes with Windows
3. Ram: 1.5GB
4. HD space: 26GB free space
5. Connection: broadband
6. Modem: Netgear DM111P
7. Router: Linksys WRT54GP2
8. Connecting from: home
9. Limewire version: cannot download either version 5.2.10 or its predecessor
10. Java version: version 6 update 14
11. ISP: Iinet
12. Test page: “Your test worked”
13. Not sharing this computer
14. I have had Limewire installed for years but I have moved house recently and when I tried to use Limewire, a box with what looks like a Java icon in its top left corner appeared in which was the following message:




One or more necessary files appear to be invalid. This is generally caused by a corrupted installation. Please try downloading and installing Limewire again.
LimeWire version 5.1.4
Java version 1.6.0_14 from Sun Microsystems Inc.
Windows XP v. 5.1 on x86
Free/total memory: 64470976/66650112


java.lang.ClassFormatError: Unknown constant tag 102 in class file java/util/concurrent/CopyOnWriteArrayList
at java.lang.ClassLoader.findBootstrapClass(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.findBootstrapClass0(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source)
at org.limewire.util.FileUtils.<clinit>(FileUtils.jav a:49)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.util.LimeWireUtils.getReque stedUserSettingsLocation(LimeWireUtils.java:381)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.LimeCoreGlue.preinstall(Lim eCoreGlue.java:57)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.LimeCoreGlue.preinstall(Lim eCoreGlue.java:43)
at org.limewire.ui.swing.Initializer.preinit(Initiali zer.java:255)
at org.limewire.ui.swing.Initializer.initialize(Initi alizer.java:109)
at org.limewire.ui.swing.GuiLoader.load(GuiLoader.jav a:41)
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 org.limewire.ui.swing.Main.main(Main.java:43)


STARTUP ERROR!




And Limewire wouldn’t open. I tried downloading it again and then tried for the previous version but when it came to opening Limewire, the same box appeared.
15. Modem–router setup: I don’t think I am port forwarding
16. Security : AVG anti-virus program (free)
17. Country: Australia
18. Setup changes: No
So I cleaned the cache and uninstalled Limewire, then deleted every file remaining in my Limewire folder and restarted the computer and downloaded it again and the same message appeared after the installation and Limewire would not open. Help, please.

Reinstall option

Hi

I'm am a computer ignorant and have purcashed a legitimate copy of LW 5.2.13. When installing I get the following message - "The specified path does not exist" & "Check the path and try again".
What am I doing wrong??

Sounds like you are running Vista. First, right-click LW installer, choose run as admin. Do same for LW shortcut after installing LW. If necessary, change location of your download folder to a folder you have 'full' permissions on ... might be wise to choose a different drive if possible.

http://www.gnutellaforums.com/genera...tml#post289927

Thanks for that info. Am running XP and un-installed the failed installation then attempted to reload with the following message: "Errot opening file for writing". Have tried "Retry" with no success then "Ignore" with the download continuing but then without any way to start the program as "windows is unable to locate LimeWire.exe".
Do you have any other suggestions?