my older version 4.18 had always worked up until 30 days ago now it never connects!

i now find myself here as well searching 4 the answers.I have un/reinstalled several times, the old version...as well as having tried version 5 (i hate it )still no connections. Im running the condi.jar file test now. Butdont know where to look to find and erase the Gnutella file. help!!