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Old April 3rd, 2008
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When installing Limewire for Windows Vista it continues to ask for afoulder location to be selected and when one is selected, it gives a message saying the following: Your save foulder is not valid. It may have been deleted, you may not have permissions to writ to it, or there may be another problem. Please choose a different foulder.

We have tried all the suggestions we've seen in previous threads about this problem and it continues to pull up that error message. How can we solve this problem?
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When installing Limewire for Windows Vista it continues to ask for afoulder location to be selected and when one is selected, it gives a message saying the following: Your save foulder is not valid. It may have been deleted, you may not have permissions to writ to it, or there may be another problem. Please choose a different foulder.

We have tried all the suggestions we've seen in previous threads about this problem and it continues to pull up that error message. How can we solve this problem?
Have you tried this :-
Open Limewire
click on Tools --> Options --> Saving
Now you will see a Save Folder and in the Folder window provided it will show you where your present downloads are being saved:-

[eg] C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Shared

To change this click on Browse and find the Folder you wish to save your files in. Click OK
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Yes, the files do not download into the foulder that was finally accepted during instlattion and insteads downloads it into a different foulder. We have tried the suggestion you had just replied with and it will not change to a different foulder.
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Yes, the files do not download into the foulder that was finally accepted during instlattion and insteads downloads it into a different foulder. We have tried the suggestion you had just replied with and it will not change to a different foulder.
I need abit more info about yr system -- In Limewire Links (below) click on (system details) fill in and post back here
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1. OS version? Windows Vista
2. What firewalls you have? Not sure
3. How much ram? Computer won't tell me
4. Hard Disk space available? around 148GB
5. Connection type? Broadband
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? donno
7. Where are you trying to connect from house
8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? Basic
9. Who is your ISP (Internet Service Provider)? Comcast
10. Do this simple test for us. Using your browser go here: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ The page should say 'Your test worked!'. What happens when you go there? Works
11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up. No
12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user. New problem (Used on Windows XP in past)
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface? _ No
14. For those using a modem/router, how is your modem/router set up...are you port forwarding or is UPnP enabled?
15. What security programs are you using (antivirus etc)? Some people might not be aware that their security suite includes a firewall Nortan
16. What country are you living in? Sometimes there are ISPs with the same name in more than one country (eg Clearwire in the USA & also in Ireland). United States
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Originally Posted by demonfire1977 View Post
1. OS version? Windows Vista
2. What firewalls you have? Not sure
3. How much ram? Computer won't tell me
4. Hard Disk space available? around 148GB
5. Connection type? Broadband
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? donno
7. Where are you trying to connect from house
8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? Basic
9. Who is your ISP (Internet Service Provider)? Comcast
10. Do this simple test for us. Using your browser go here: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ The page should say 'Your test worked!'. What happens when you go there? Works
11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up. No
12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user. New problem (Used on Windows XP in past)
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface? _ No
14. For those using a modem/router, how is your modem/router set up...are you port forwarding or is UPnP enabled?
15. What security programs are you using (antivirus etc)? Some people might not be aware that their security suite includes a firewall Nortan
16. What country are you living in? Sometimes there are ISPs with the same name in more than one country (eg Clearwire in the USA & also in Ireland). United States
Have a look at this (Fixes for LW when LW isnt operating as it should) Another and bigger problem is your ISP: comcast - see this link (ISP's that are known to be blocked)
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