mmg do you mean you can't change the options? If that's the case then try deleting your LW Preferences folder whilst LW is closed; instructions here: Fixes for Limewire Also make sure you have at least Java 1.4.2 or otherwise Java 1.5 You can find this out by going to the menu bar>Help>About LW & this will tell you both the LW & Java versions. (Don't forget to press apply after changing any options in LW!)

If you have changed options to stop auto startup then you should see this: LimeWire continually Popping up every few seconds & also Opening at System Startup