Hi Birdy
Thanks for your reply.
I have tried everything you have said but I'm still getting the same message telling me that an older version of limewire is running and I need to exit from it. This is not so. I got this message on my very first attempt to update and Limewire wasn't even running. I can't find the program to uninstall it anyway yet it is in my program files folder when I look via explorer. I am totally frustrated with it now and wish I hadn't bothered to update and would appreciate some technical support from Limewire. Do they have a contact number to ring so that I can speak to someone?

Jayne