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Old July 18th, 2007
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Default Limewire does not start

I have repeatedly installed and uninstalled the newest version of Liewire and it will not start. I am running XP Pro. As soon as I click the finish button on the installation wizard, the square Limewire window appears for a second and then disappears. I do not get an error message and nothing ever happens. Is there anything that I may be doing wrong? How can I begin to run Limewire?

I finally got an error......

LimeWire version 4.12.15
Java version 1.6.0_01 from Sun Microsystems Inc.
Windows XP v. 5.1 on x86
Free/total memory: 31492208/33357824
java.lang.RuntimeException: java.io.IOException: could not create preferences directory: C:\Documents and Settings\dgalleher\.limewire
at com.limegroup.gnutella.util.CommonUtils.getUserSet tingsDir(CommonUtils.java:881)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Initializer.initialize( Initializer.java:115)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUILoader.load(GUILoade r.java:49)
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:44)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: could not create preferences directory: C:\Documents and Settings\dgalleher\.limewire
at com.limegroup.gnutella.util.CommonUtils.setUserSet tingsDir(CommonUtils.java:792)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.util.CommonUtils.getUserSet tingsDir(CommonUtils.java:879)
... 7 more
STARTUP ERROR!


FILES IN CURRENT DIRECTORY:
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\.NetworkShare
LAST MODIFIED: 1184805772937
SIZE: 0
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\clink.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1184805841984
SIZE: 307949
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\commons-httpclient.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1184805842093
SIZE: 459988
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\commons-logging.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1184805842250
SIZE: 59154
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\commons-net.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1184805842312
SIZE: 355370
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\COPYING
LAST MODIFIED: 1183396052109
SIZE: 18349
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\daap.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1184805842421
SIZE: 388504
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\data.ser
LAST MODIFIED: 1183396052187
SIZE: 358
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\donotremove.htm
LAST MODIFIED: 1183396051953
SIZE: 0
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\GenericWindowsUtils.dll
LAST MODIFIED: 1183396050515
SIZE: 12279
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\hashes
LAST MODIFIED: 1183396167109
SIZE: 298
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\hs_err_pid2264.log
LAST MODIFIED: 1184805776187
SIZE: 9023
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\hs_err_pid2588.log
LAST MODIFIED: 1184808472296
SIZE: 9026
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\hs_err_pid2872.log
LAST MODIFIED: 1184805978000
SIZE: 9023
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\hs_err_pid336.log
LAST MODIFIED: 1184808578750
SIZE: 9018
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\hs_err_pid3852.log
LAST MODIFIED: 1184805847406
SIZE: 9023
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\i18n.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1184805842515
SIZE: 25678
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\icu4j.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1184805842562
SIZE: 741440
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\id3v2.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1184805842671
SIZE: 94430
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\install.log
LAST MODIFIED: 1184805844000
SIZE: 2098
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\jcraft.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1184805842781
SIZE: 136693
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\jl011.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1184805842859
SIZE: 255016
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\jmdns.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1184805842937
SIZE: 69306
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\language.prop
LAST MODIFIED: 1184805838625
SIZE: 4
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire On Startup.lnk
LAST MODIFIED: 1184805844000
SIZE: 1540
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire.exe
LAST MODIFIED: 1183396051781
SIZE: 122880
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire.ico
LAST MODIFIED: 1183396051921
SIZE: 92854
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1184805841531
SIZE: 7243978
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire20.dll
LAST MODIFIED: 1183396050734
SIZE: 40960
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\log4j.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1184805843000
SIZE: 677952
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\log4j.properties
LAST MODIFIED: 1183396052234
SIZE: 7171
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\looks.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1184805843203
SIZE: 630634
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\MessagesBundle.properties
LAST MODIFIED: 1183395999015
SIZE: 114566
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\MessagesBundles.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1184805841765
SIZE: 2951044
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\mp3sp14.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1184805843328
SIZE: 40064
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\pmf.ico
LAST MODIFIED: 1183396052000
SIZE: 3262
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\ProgressTabs.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1184805841937
SIZE: 5786
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\root
LAST MODIFIED: 1184805838625
SIZE: 0
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\SOURCE
LAST MODIFIED: 1183396052140
SIZE: 271
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\spacer.gif
LAST MODIFIED: 1183396052515
SIZE: 49
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\themes.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1184805843375
SIZE: 620179
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\tritonus.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1184805843453
SIZE: 152711
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\uninstall.exe
LAST MODIFIED: 1184805844031
SIZE: 186042
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\unpack.log
LAST MODIFIED: 1184805843796
SIZE: 12766
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\update.ver
LAST MODIFIED: 1183396047968
SIZE: 3810
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\vorbis.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1184805843531
SIZE: 27215
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\WindowsFirewall.dll
LAST MODIFIED: 1183396050828
SIZE: 61440
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\WindowsV5PlusUtils.dll
LAST MODIFIED: 1183396050890
SIZE: 12808
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\xerces.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1184805843671
SIZE: 2147687
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\xml-apis.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1184805843781
SIZE: 207655
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\xml.war
LAST MODIFIED: 1183396050375
SIZE: 8423

Last edited by broncodan; July 18th, 2007 at 06:39 PM.
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Sounds like a Java problem. See this thread and pay special attention to Birdys post. http://www.gnutellaforums.com/genera...ire-start.html.
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