THANKS to those who have tried to help, but the problem is still there. This thread has been alive for quite some time so I think even the folks at

LIMEWIRE MUST BE STUMPED !!!

I will still check back from time to time. Maybe someone else needs praise for their resume. God bless you who have narrow band access and spend an hour or better downloading a file, just to find you cant open it. Yep, it is sitting right there on your computer, but 'you can't touch this'.