So, if one were to delete one's downloads.dat file, and Limewire didn't recreate it despite quitting and restarting a few times...

then what?

I've tried starting a download so it would recreate the downloads.dat file, and that worked, but the file is that dodgy 275 K, and it doesn't seem to know about all the other incomplete files that are RIGHT THERE IN THE SAME STUPID FOLDER IF IT WOULD JUST LOOK ALREADY.

this is frustrating.