i need help.

My error message states: "The LimeWire settings directory does not exist"

I just purchased the new limewire.....I am on a mac 10.2.8 an have not had problems in the past but downloaded the most recent version and you click the icon and it says the program quit.....it wont even open. is it the version i am running and how do i clear out old stuff from limewire cuase i am wondering if it is reverting back to the old version......also is it for a newer version of osx as i only have 10.2.8

thanks

i think i have a java or cookke problem or something....i do have norton and it says that some worm has to be fixed on it and i cannot find it

I've been working at fixing Limewire all day. My problem seems a little different than some others. I was downloading just fine. I had downloaded at least 6 music files. I can open the program just fine and even execute searches. The problem is when I click download (with 100+ sources) it never downloads...just sits down in the download area "connecting" never getting past 0% then finally times out saying "need more sources".

i answered these questions...

My Norton Fire wall is set up to allow LW full acess. My XP firewall is disabled. I even had both disabled for a short time but nothing changed

I did the test and got the message " Your Test Worked"

Downloaded event patch 4226

Speed test - download: 37kbps / upload: 114kbps

I deleted the preferences file too...no help.

The Bug Report (Received Incoming this session) says TRUE.

Please give us a total desciption of your set up:
1. OS version? win xp 2002 w/sp2
2. What firewalls you have? Windows (disabled) Norton (made sure it allows limewire)
3. How much ram? - 2.69 GHz, 504 MB of RAM
4. Hard Disk space available? 13GB
5. Connection type? Dial up
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? Lucent Win Modem, 3/31/2003, vers: 8.28.0.0
7. Where are you trying to connect from? home
8. What version of Limewire (LW) & Java do you have? Limewire:4.12.6, Java: 1.5.0_06
9. Who is your isp provider? highland communications, small, local telephone provider in KY/TN...part of the larger InfoAve.net

Sounds like yours isn't a connection problem, rather a fake file problem
There are fakes throughout the network now which will be stuck connecting for ages & go straight to 'need more sources'...these things won't ever download!!
Search again, vary your search terms (for music files, look for artist or album rather than song title). Also try the All Types search. Stay away from files with a huge number of sources. Go for a file with 10 sources or less & those with a modem source. If you're searching for new releases/really popular files, you're more likely to see fakes than if you're looking for older or rarer stuff.

Look through these couple of threads for more info
Info about fake files
How to find music

The same thing can happen when downloading video files. Always look up a file with Bitzi before download. A file with heaps of sources but no Bitzi rating is often a fake
How to use Bitzi

:wink:

I've been using limewire for seriously years now... worked perfectly too!
I stopped using it for a couple months, and now it wont work at all!
I get the error message " Limewire was unable to initialize..."
I deleted it and downloaded another, shutoff all my shields and stuff including Norton, windows firewall, and spysweeper. and nothings helped!
I am online wirelessly and its never been problem till now!
Help!

Thank you for posting and replying; that jar worked like a charm. I had problems connecting (one green bar instead of all 5) and now it's fixed.

Thanks again!

Hi,

New to the forums, this is my first post!!

My problem with connection don't seem to be in the millions of similar post that are nearly all the same.

My set up and connection, searching and downloading all happens perfectly well, and the bandwidth I get is as expected for a 1mbps broadband. The problem occurs that after about 20 minutes all downloads will stop and I will get the error message advising that I don't appear to have an internet connection. Sure enough my broadband has dropped off so I just reconnect. The loss of connection to the ISP does not ever happen without Limewire connected (except sporadically every week or so, but every 20 minutes as when LW is connected). It makes no difference if I have my browser open (I use Firefox).

I use Zone Alarm but LW is fully cleared for access, and makes no difference if I close ZA. I do not (nor have I ever) used the windows firewall. My ISP is Tiscali @ 1mbps, I am not on a LAN, and I am not using a router.

My suspicion is that it could be a fault with my ISP, tiscali can normally provide better than 4mbps but were unable to on my phone line, suggesting the quality is poor. It seems to disconnect mainly on high traffic, though it has not done this while downloading large programs through firefox. Could there be anything in LW to stop this happening? And if not how do I make it automatically reconnect? (surely it can prompt windows to reconnect automatically?)

Obviously this makes it very difficult to download anything large, and for others to download from me, and I keep losing my queue positions. Also after 3 or 4 drop-offs my services in windows start getting scrambled and eventually have restart windows to cannect properly (unless I wait for ages).

Thanks for any help.

Umm im haveing problems connecting and never tried this method, im on windows Xp, would please tell me hhow to do this step by step, trying to find out what to or where to go on my own would just cause me to give up, please help i been trying everything else, this is like my last option.

I just tried on my own and dont even know where to find the limewire pref folder thing, so yeah i need help. The main thing I dont understand is just last week limewire was working fine on my old computer which was a windows xp, but now it says a firewall is blocking the connection. I tried reconfiguring the firwewalls, turning them off, pretty much everything but it still says I cant connect.