Ok here's what I did.

1) Uninstalled the Pro version of Limewire that i had installed last June and trashed everything on my hard drive beginning with "lime."
2) Restarted and rebuilt my desktop.
3) Installed the newest free version.
4) Upgraded to MRJ 2.2.6
5) Restarted
6) Tripled preferred memory for Limewire from 2048 to 6144

Limewire still crashes when I attempt to "hide" the application.