I am seeing the same issue about 50% of the time I run lamewire.

Also the latest version doesn't do much house keeping and can't seem to find the directories I had set up as my preferences.

Bearshare is a superior product. I was able to share 10-15 files per session (overnights) on a 56k modem. Lamewire can't get thru a single download with out gutting itself.