Cant open LimeWire - Sticks at User Interface
 

I am unable to get LimeWire to fully open. The splash screen opens, and program starts to load but once it gets to: "Loading User Interface" it doesnt complete this task and open. It just sits there with the gray bar going back and forth.

I uninstalled, reinstalled, and upgraded to the newest version, but it still will not open.

It worked fine last night, this morning, nothing. It simply wont open. I have not installed any new programs, etc...

Running Win XP. Turned off anti virus, Zone Alarm and this didnt help. I am running the free version. I was considering buying the Pro version but not sure now.

Any ideas???

You should always start with LW Basic to become familiar with it & if there's any issues, to get them sorted out. Then look at other options such as pro which is really a type of donation to help the LW crew continue with the development of the program.

A. See The way to fix the Blank screen on startup & see if that applies.

B. Can you give us a total desciption of your set up:
1. OS version? (eg: Windows 98)
2. What firewalls you have?
3. How much ram?
4. Hard Disk space available?
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.)
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers?
7. Where are you trying to connect from (home, school, work, etc.)?
8. What version of Limewire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version. You can also find this out from the control panel>Java.
9. Who is your isp provider (Internet Service Provider)?
10. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up.
11. Do this simple test for us. Using your browser go here: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ The page should say 'Your test worked!'. What happens when you go there?

These details are vital if you want us to find out what your problem is.

C. *** Did you configure your firewall so it allows LW full access (advisable not to have 2 active firewalls b/c they can interfere with each other); Firewall configuration instructions (click on link) Remember Windows XP has its own firewall!

The info requested is below. Please keep in mind this isnt actually a connection issue. The program simply wont fully open. It gets stuck while loading the user interface.


1) OS - Win XP
2) Zone Alarm (LimeWire is allowed to access) Win firewall is disabled. Closed ZA but this didnt help
3) 512 Ram
4) Cable Connection
5) Hard drive has about 25G left
6) Modem is DCM425 (RCA)
7) Connecting from home
8) Using 4.9.37 LW (I had this issue with previous version and upgraded to see if this helped. It did not.
9) Insight is my ISP
10) Not sharing the system
11) I got a "test worked" screen

You forgot the give me your Java version. May I suggest you uninstall Java & reinstall it. Use the Add/Remove Prog control panel to remove java. Then download & install specifically the "Offline" version of Java here: Java 1.5 (take the JRE)

But I should warn you about this .. it may not affect you now but perhaps later: 1. ISP's known to BLOCK or Filter p2p or specifically Limewire, & also this one dare I say it, 2. A Fix for those whose ISP's block Limewire pages 1 - 3 which have links to alternative instructions.

Uninstalling java and reinstalling it worked.

Thanks!

Xcellent!!! Thank you for getting back to us & letting us know! Cheers & happy downlding! ;) :)

Still the same thing
 

I have no firewall. If I do it is with my ISP (SBC). I checked my protection and I see nothing RE: firewall. My Java just updated this morning. I turned off the pop up blocker and instructed my computer to accept cookies from filefront.com. I still have the same problem. I get nothing after "loading user interface" I am going to shut down the computer and restart. maybe this will get the Java download to work.

I my operating system is 2000 and I am trying to run limewire 4.10.

This is happening to me also and ive tried uninstalling/ reinstalling java. it still sticks at the user interface screen. i am running lime wire 4.10 and windows xp.

PLS HELP

Do both steps #1 & 2 here: Try deleting your LW Preferences folder whilst LW is closed; instructions here: Point #2 in Fixes for Limewire (sample at bottom of page.)
Yes, re-install Java again but ONLY using the "Offline" installer version. Installing over the net can cause problems.

BTW if you can't find your LW prefs as described, then LW 4.10 is probably your 1st version of LW. In which case the preferences folder will be found here: How to delete LW preferences folder in 4.10 (click on link) Don't forget to set the view options to show hidden files & folders before you search for limewire! ;)

I have already deleted the . limewire folder and i have uninstalled java and reinstalled it with the link earlier in this thread but it didnt work.

i had limewire 4.9something before and this same problem happened when i had it, i installed 4.10 because i thought it would fix the problem. ill try offline installing java again to make sure but i believe i already have.
thanks for the help

edit** i uninstalled and reinstalled java (the offline version ) and lime wire still doesnt open :mad:

Limewire just wouldn't function, so I installed Morpheous. I have no problems now. Thanks.

Jeez i hope i wont have to use a different program but i guess i might have to :(

Ok bye then! Good luck. Obviously LW doesn't work on your systems. That can happen with some progs. Just like morheus refuses to work on my system. No great loss. lol :D

BTW I think you missed my last point in my last post. After moving up to LW 4.10 & having deleted your LW prefs folder once, your new prefs will no longer be called .limewire & will be found in a new location. But of course you tried that didn't you. I was just a little curious how you gave up after only deleting the .limewire folder which belonged to your previous version. lol :D

Okay i deleted the other folder u mentioned to make sure and it still doesnt work :( maybe i should just get a new computer:D

this is killing me. I have done all the steps listed. Java, unloading re loading both programs etc. I don't want to give up! I want to use this program as I have enjoyed it in the past! Now it won't work :(...

Please will a kind soul please help me figure this out?

you will get great karma for the weekend! :)

1994Canucks,
Is the blank screen your only prob? Did you follow stief's advice about a stack trace (in the other thread you posted to):

http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...347#post185347

Think carefully about whether you've tried all fixes from this thread and the one above.

Good luck

How To Get Stack Traces
"Stack Traces are debugging information you can get LimeWire that is very helpful in tracking various bugs. If you are reporting a problem with the LimeWire beta series, you may be asked at one point or another to help us by providing such Stack Trace. Here are instructions how to get those:


On Windows:

1. Download www.limewire.org/LimeWireDebug.exe and save it in C:\Program Files\LimeWire (or wherever you installed LimeWire)
2. Start LimeWire by opening a dos prompt and typing

code:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------LimeWireDebug.exe >> stdout.txt--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

3. Whenever you want to get a stack trace, switch to the dos box where you typed the above, and hit Ctrl-Break.
4. Close limewire and send us or post the stdout.txt file.
"

I download it to the folder but am unable to load LimeWireDebug.exe>> stdour.txt

I must be doing something wrong??

Ok whatever you're doing wrong, I'm doin' it too!! Think it's time for the gurus to come & help out:eek:

Be patient & hopefully someone will come to your rescue. Sorry I couldn't help!

Thanks for trying... I still want this to work...

Fixed!!!! So happy. Took a couple hours though.

What I ended up doing was doing an offline download of the old java 1.4

And the old limewire.

And erased the setting profile of my username.

I then upgraded lw once i saw that the old one worked!

Hope that helps someone.

B

Thank you so much.
 

Used LW for years and downloaded 4.12 but could not connect. Thanks for your simple instructions to delete directory. Worked like a charm. Talk about the best things in life...!