Birdy,
??????????????. I am soooo lost now! JUST WHAT EXACTLY IS A .BAK & .DAT FILE? And how do you back them up? I think I may have mentioned this before, I am not a computer whiz. More like a computer fizz...lol. If you know how to complete this operation I would appreciate the input. If not, maybe you can direct me to some one who knows.

It might be easier for you to just copy the whole incomplete folder to a safe location & when you've installed the older version of LW, replace it's incomplete folder with the copy you've made.

Maybe you should send a PM to Lord of the Rings as he's the expert.
Using the forum search to look for older threads about this might help you to find some answers, too.

One big advantage of LW 4.12 is that if you need to resume files from the incomplete folder, they will resume from the % where they were. This was not true for earlier versions, & if downgrading in versions this has always been the case of LW not recognising the newer downlds. But that also depends upon how back in versions you downgrade to.

I just disabled my entire firewall system and I still am getting a firewall notice on LW. How can that be possible? I seriously need some help here. Not just suggestions but solutions!

What! Did I hurt someone's feelings? Well, I guess it doesn't matter now anyway. At the end of the month I will be eliminating LW from my system. I figure if I want to waste my money I'll invest in computer games. At least they work the way their supposed to!

If I would have gotten some USEFUL help from the (ahem) technicians, I might have a whole different opinion of LW. As it is, I wouldn't buy another LW product if it was 90% off.

We are volunteers. If you want tech support, then go to LW Pro tech support. We can only help as much as we can. We don't have ESP, so we can only help with as much information as we receive & can work with. Tech support obviously get a lot of requests. But also need background information in order to help.

Did you try deleting your LW preferences folder? This is often the 1st thing to try when things go awry. Point #2 & 3 in Fixes for Limewire (sample image included at bottom of page.) Also try step 5.

If you have SP2 you "might" be interested in seeing this http://www.lvllord.de/

Just to check, you might try FrostWire or Phex to see if you have the same problems.