Your posts are as close as I can find to my problem:

I have a directory with many songs downloaded using a prior platform (KLite) on my laptop upstairs.

I have a desktop downstairs that can access these files via a wireless D-Link router. I use WinAmp. All works fine.

I wanted to try LimeWire for better search results.

I installed LW on the laptop. I made the dir where all of the previous files are the "saving" and "sharing" directory.

I have downloaded three songs. They work fine on the laptop using either Winamp or WMP.

Downstairs however, the Limewire files DO NOT WORK. Winamp gives me some flashing garbage, and WMP gives me an error message (i.e. file in use).

The original files appear in the same directory and still work fine so I know it is not Winamp.

I made sure that LW was closed out on the laptop upstairs (per your suggestion this thread): didn't help.

I also tried to copy the file to the downstairs computer and got the same results (garbage, and error message).

The kicker: I emailed the file to myself from the upstairs laptop, opened it downstairs and saved it to my desktop. And it played fine.

Obviously I do not want to have to do this just to listen to a LW file downstairs. I'd also like to keep all of the files in just one place.

Any help as to why just the LW files do not work?
Thanks.