sorry just making shure
anyways fallow lord's link

seya

bebebe - it looks like we're on our own on this one. No one seems to get that we've done all the uninstalling /reinstalling, - diagostics, - and launch attempts from various LW locations., . . .

Although SP2 was not the cause of mine, - obviously something has changed an intrinsic setting or registry value. when we updated.

I don't know if it's the same for SP2 -- but unfortunately after upgrading to DirextX 9c -- the restore function of XP can't take me back to an earrlier restore date before this all happened. There is an indication right there that DirectX changed something so completely that restore can't roll it back.

Anyway -- for now I'll keep researching and just use the desktop - which still works.

Good Luck!

yuser and bebebe, I'm with you both! Same exact situation, and Yuser, my problem also started right after i installed Netscape 7.2 (i never had Netscape before that).

After that installation, LW just plain won't start up. It worked fine for 1 and a half years, and then i installed Netscape and now...nothin. I tried reinstalling, i checked the Java installation, I've done everything, and nothing works. I spend a lot of time double clicking every icon I can find.

I'm sad that nobody on this forum knows anything about this problem.

This may only serve as a reminder for you, yuser, BUT others may like to have it pointed out to them that the dreaded Micro$haft does give a warning that the DirectX upgrades CANNOT be uninstalled.

Also, for others who may be reading this thread, it really is worth having a long look at

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=842242

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That's nothing !!!

Just imagine how sad many others here are now because we have no idea about anything related to your

OS
Computer
LimeWire version
internet connection info
at school or not
etc., etc.

Please post as much info about your setup as you can... In your FIRST post !

and... If you're unfortunate enough to be running XP,
ANY updates for now must be assumed to be suspect re: settings changes. Not only SP2.

see ya

Hi,

Since my latest PC ugrade Motherboard ASUS A7V8X To ASUS M2n32 SLI Premium again running on XP SP2 SAME SH.........
Tried with LW Free + Pro same sh....
You launch the application it appears to be launching it for about a second,and then dissapears...nothing happens anymore,LW doesn't launch
When taking a look in other forums you read that it's due to JAVA 1.6 >tried to downgrade to 1.5 same sh......
Other people advised to delete limewire folder in doc and settings/nameof user/application data/limewire ....no result
Seems a JAVA error,took a look in the logfiles,in program files/LW...
2 days of research,will contact LW Support also

An unexpected error has been detected by Java Runtime Environment:
#
# EXCEPTION_STACK_OVERFLOW (0xc00000fd) at pc=0x1000a467, pid=3604, tid=1312
#
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (1.6.0_01-b06 mixed mode, sharing)
# Problematic frame:
# C [nvappfilter.dll+0xa467]
#
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
# HotSpot Virtual Machine Error Reporting Page

and at the end of logfile:
--------------- S Y S T E M ---------------
OS: Windows XP Build 2600 Service Pack 2
CPU:total 2 family 15, cmov, cx8, fxsr, mmx, sse, sse2, mmxext, 3dnowext, 3dnow, ht
Memory: 4k page, physical 2095284k(1613092k free), swap 4033548k(3571084k free)
vm_info: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (1.6.0_01-b06) for windows-x86, built on Mar 14 2007 00:24:02 by "java_re" with unknown MS VC++:1310

HEEEEELLLLLLPPPP

I'm having the same problem I have unstalled java and went back and done the offline installing and still lime wire will not open

got the solution unistalled all JAVA stuff except 1.5.0 ....worked fine
Hope you'll be able to feel the same joy soon

LimeWire version 4.12.14
Java version 1.6.0_01 from Sun Microsystems Inc.
Windows XP v. 5.1 on x86
Free/total memory: 31394744/33357824
java.lang.RuntimeException: java.io.IOException: could not create preferences directory: C:\Documents and Settings\Brandon\.limewire
at com.limegroup.gnutella.util.CommonUtils.getUserSet tingsDir(CommonUtils.java:881)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Initializer.initialize( Initializer.java:115)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUILoader.load(GUILoade r.java:49)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Nativ e Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknow n Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Un known Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Main.main(Main.java:44)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: could not create preferences directory: C:\Documents and Settings\Brandon\.limewire
at com.limegroup.gnutella.util.CommonUtils.setUserSet tingsDir(CommonUtils.java:792)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.util.CommonUtils.getUserSet tingsDir(CommonUtils.java:879)
... 7 more
STARTUP ERROR!


FILES IN CURRENT DIRECTORY:
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\.NetworkShare
LAST MODIFIED: 1183064461968
SIZE: 0
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\clink.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1183064458546
SIZE: 307949
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\commons-httpclient.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1183064458687
SIZE: 459988
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\commons-logging.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1183064458859
SIZE: 59154
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\commons-net.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1183064459000
SIZE: 355370
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\COPYING
LAST MODIFIED: 1182557721078
SIZE: 18349
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\daap.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1183064459218
SIZE: 388504
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\data.ser
LAST MODIFIED: 1182557721156
SIZE: 358
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\donotremove.htm
LAST MODIFIED: 1182557720906
SIZE: 0
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\GenericWindowsUtils.dll
LAST MODIFIED: 1182557719437
SIZE: 12279
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\hashes
LAST MODIFIED: 1182557833468
SIZE: 298
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\hs_err_pid1444.log
LAST MODIFIED: 1183064472546
SIZE: 9172
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\i18n.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1183064459359
SIZE: 25678
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\icu4j.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1183064459625
SIZE: 741440
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\id3v2.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1183064459765
SIZE: 94430
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\install.log
LAST MODIFIED: 1183064461640
SIZE: 2098
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\jcraft.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1183064459859
SIZE: 136693
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\jl011.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1183064460000
SIZE: 255016
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\jmdns.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1183064460109
SIZE: 69306
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\language.prop
LAST MODIFIED: 1183064452234
SIZE: 4
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire On Startup.lnk
LAST MODIFIED: 1183064461640
SIZE: 1551
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire.exe
LAST MODIFIED: 1182557720734
SIZE: 122880
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire.ico
LAST MODIFIED: 1182557720875
SIZE: 92854
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1183064457125
SIZE: 7238649
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire20.dll
LAST MODIFIED: 1182557719671
SIZE: 40960
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\log4j.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1183064460250
SIZE: 677952
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\log4j.properties
LAST MODIFIED: 1182557721203
SIZE: 7171
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\looks.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1183064460453
SIZE: 630634
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\MessagesBundle.properties
LAST MODIFIED: 1182557690765
SIZE: 114566
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\MessagesBundles.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1183064458031
SIZE: 2951044
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\mp3sp14.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1183064460578
SIZE: 40064
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\pmf.ico
LAST MODIFIED: 1182557720953
SIZE: 3262
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\ProgressTabs.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1183064458390
SIZE: 5786
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\root
LAST MODIFIED: 1183064452203
SIZE: 0
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\SOURCE
LAST MODIFIED: 1182557721125
SIZE: 268
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\spacer.gif
LAST MODIFIED: 1182557721546
SIZE: 49
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\themes.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1183064460656
SIZE: 620179
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\tritonus.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1183064460812
SIZE: 152711
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\uninstall.exe
LAST MODIFIED: 1183064461703
SIZE: 186042
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\unpack.log
LAST MODIFIED: 1183064461468
SIZE: 12766
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\update.ver
LAST MODIFIED: 1182557716796
SIZE: 3810
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\vorbis.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1183064460906
SIZE: 27215
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\WindowsFirewall.dll
LAST MODIFIED: 1182557719765
SIZE: 61440
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\WindowsV5PlusUtils.dll
LAST MODIFIED: 1182557719828
SIZE: 12808
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\xerces.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1183064461203
SIZE: 2147687
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\xml-apis.jar
LAST MODIFIED: 1183064461453
SIZE: 207655
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\xml.war
LAST MODIFIED: 1182557719312
SIZE: 8423
This is what i get when i right click and click run as some one please help me

Cajunhellcat,

Some people have had this problem with Java 1.6.0_01 Try this version instead. Use the JRE offline installer & remove your current Java version before you install this one.
Archive: Download Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 Update 11

If that doesn't help, delete LW's preferences folder when LW's properly closed. See point 3 here & also point 2 if you've used older versions of LW in the past (there could be a folder in either location).
Fixes for LimeWire
This will kill all of your settings within options, you'll have to go back through afterwards & reset things. If you're not sure of your settings, go through LW's tools > options & write them all down, so that you can reset things later.

Also try changing compatibility (point 5 in the 'fixes' thread).