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.