limewire splash screen appears but doesnt load

[pyro_syco]

ive been looking at other threads looking for ways to fix this i have never had limewire before but ive tried the online and offline installer niether help i dont receive ne kind of error messages when it downloads or installs. i have windows xp the company that makes my computer is hp and im using limewire 4.12.11 (the free version) and i have J2SE 5.0 update 11 i was recomended to try it so i have but im still having problems when i click the shortcut on my desktop a splash screen appears for about 30 seconds then disapears but during that time the splash screen doesnt change at all there r no loading messages or ne thing ive looked into another thread "fixes for limewire" and it tells me to go in and delete the preferences folder which should be under the name .limewire but it isnt exactly where it tells me to find it the thread tells me i should find it in the application data folder but it is right out side of the application data folder when i open .limewire there is a folder thats name is "incomplete" is that normal? or did some thing go wrong while i was installing it? but because the thread tells me it should be in the application data folder and it isnt im not sure if it is still a good idea to delete it or not. if ne one has ne advice please help.

[wondering why]

Yes delete the .limewire folder and then go and delete the LimeWire folder...

[wondering why]

Actually leave the .limewire folder for now and just delete the LimeWire folder...Sorry

[pyro_syco]

nah its ok i found another program much like limewire that works for me so im happy lol

[GENERAL 1]

Hi There! Mind Telling Me What Program You Found?

Thanks


GENERAL 1

[Sunchyne628]

This is the same issue I'm having. LW always worked before but now only shows splash screen briefly then nothing. I've reinstalled LW and my java, both most current versions. There is something in this thread about a .limewire folder and a Limewire folder but all I'm finding on my system is the Limewire folder. HELP PLEASE!!

[birdy]

Some people have had trouble opening LW if they're using Java 1.6.0_01. Is that the Java version that you have? Has this problem started since you updated Java?
Try this version instead. Use the JRE offline installer & remove your current Java version before you install this one.
Archive: Download Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 Update 11

If that doesn't help, delete LW's preferences folder when LW's properly closed. See point 3 here & also point 2 if you've used older versions of LW in the past (there could be a folder in either location). If you haven't used older versions & only see the LimeWire folder within Application Data...just delete that one
Fixes for LimeWire
This will kill all of your settings within options, you'll have to go back through afterwards & reset things. If you're not sure of your settings, go through LW's tools > options & write them all down, so that you can reset things later.

Reinstall LW & make sure to use the offline installer (when you click to download, ignore the download box that pops up. Look in the orange box on that download page...you'll see an option to use the offline installer).

If it's still not opening, try changing compatibility (point 5 in the 'fixes' thread).