I downloaded the new version 2.7.7 and it gives me this error when I try to open it



STARTUP ERROR

LimeWire version 2.7.7 or above

Java version 1.3.1 from Sun Microsystems Inc.

Windows 2000 v. 5.1 on x86

Free/total memory: 3840776/4128768



java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/sun/java/util/collections/List

at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Initializer.initialize( Unknown Source)

at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Main.main(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)

at RunLime.main(Unknown Source)



-- listing properties --

TIMEOUT=8000

FILTER_HTML=false

SESSIONS=38

COUNTRY=

MAX_LENGTH=65536

ACCEPT_AUTHENTICATED_CONNECTIONS_ONLY=false

AVERAGE_UPTIME=36562

SEARCH_LIMIT=64

MINIMUM_SEARCH_SPEED=0

SHOPPING_VIEW_ENABLED=true

CLEAR_UPLOAD=true

APP_HEIGHT=600

ALLOW_BROWSER=false

BASIC_QUERY_INFO=1000

MAX_SIM_DOWNLOAD=8

BROWSER=netscape

MAX_UPLOAD_BYTES_PER_SEC=13

INCOMPLETE_PURGE_TIME=7

AD_VERSION=1.0

FILTER_GREEDY_QUERIES=true

MAX_SHIELDED_CLIENT_CONNECTIONS=75

FREELOADER_ALLOWED=100

WHITE_LISTED_IP_ADDRESSES=

FREELOADER_FILES=1

TTL=7

FORCED_PORT=6346

BLACK_LISTED_IP_ADDRESSES=

FILTER_DUPLICATES=true

EVER_SUPERNODE_CAPABLE=true

CONNECT_OK_STRING=GNUTELLA OK

CONNECT_STRING=GNUTELLA CONNECT/0.4

PROMPT_EXE_DOWNLOAD=true

SOFT_MAX_TTL=7

SHUTDOWN_AFTER_TRANSFERS=false

WINDOW_Y=84

WINDOW_X=92

SERVANT_TYPE=XML_CLIENT

MINIMIZE_TO_TRAY=true

EVER_ACCEPTED_INCOMING=true

SOFT_MAX_UPLOADS=5

EXTENSIONS_TO_SEARCH_FOR=html;htm;xml;txt;pdf;ps;r tf;doc;tex;m...

ADVANCED_QUERY_INFO=50

FORCE_SUPERNODE_MODE=false

DIRECTORIES_TO_SEARCH_FOR_FILES=C:\Program Files\LimeWire\Shared;C:\B...

FRACTIONAL_UPTIME=0.57218874

FILTER_ADULT=false

PLAYER_ENABLED=true

PARALLEL_SEARCH=5

FORCED_IP_ADDRESS_STRING=0.0.0.0

LIBRARY_VIEW_ENABLED=true

MAX_TTL=16

FILTER_VBS=true

FORCE_IP_ADDRESS=false

INSTALLED=true

CONNECTION_SPEED=350

CLEAR_DOWNLOAD=false

PERSISTENT_HTTP_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT=15000

MAX_DOWNLOAD_BYTES_PER_SEC=44

APP_WIDTH=840

MIN_SHIELDED_CLIENT_CONNECTIONS=4

SERVER=false

BANNED_WORDS=

FILTER_HIGHBIT_QUERIES=true

RUN_ONCE=false

COOKIES_FILE=lib\Cookies.dat

MINIMUM_SEARCH_QAULITY=2

LAST_SHUTDOWN_TIME=1037394503254

PORT=6350

KEEP_ALIVE=4

DISABLE_SUPERNODE_MODE=false

DIRECTORY_FOR_SAVING_FILES=C:\Backup

CONNECT_ON_STARTUP=true

LOCALE_VARIANT=

MONITOR_VIEW_ENABLED=true

CLIENT_ID=6DD05E22390C368AFF875F1D0BA19D00

JAR_NAME=LimeWire.jar

LAST_EXPIRE_TIME=1037241358475

UPLOAD_SPEED=100

CHECK_AGAIN=true

TOTAL_UPTIME=1352815

MAX_UPLOADS=6

UPLOADS_PER_PERSON=3

CHAT_ENABLED=true

CONNECTION_VIEW_ENABLED=true

LANGUAGE=

SKIN_THEME=C:\Program Files\LimeWire







FILES IN CURRENT DIRECTORY:

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\bet.url

LAST MODIFIED: 1030556054000

SIZE: 77



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\bonzi.url

LAST MODIFIED: 1004548958000

SIZE: 83



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\BrowserPage.dll

LAST MODIFIED: 1037392412000

SIZE: 20480



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\donotremove.htm

LAST MODIFIED: 1037392414000

SIZE: 0



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\fileurns.cache

LAST MODIFIED: 1037567990623

SIZE: 62567



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\icon_sm.gif

LAST MODIFIED: 1037392414000

SIZE: 565



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\Incomplete

LAST MODIFIED: 1033088142607

SIZE: 0



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\lib

LAST MODIFIED: 1034023928965

SIZE: 0



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\limeshop.exe

LAST MODIFIED: 1033499286000

SIZE: 212688



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\limeshop.html

LAST MODIFIED: 1037392414000

SIZE: 42320



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\limeshop.url

LAST MODIFIED: 1016127036000

SIZE: 64



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire.exe

LAST MODIFIED: 1033661832000

SIZE: 36864



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire.ico

LAST MODIFIED: 989683170000

SIZE: 2238



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire.jar

LAST MODIFIED: 1037392412000

SIZE: 1048237



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\limewire.props

LAST MODIFIED: 1037568415123

SIZE: 2380



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire20.dll

LAST MODIFIED: 1037392412000

SIZE: 32768



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWireWin2.77.0000.exe

LAST MODIFIED: 1037568317076

SIZE: 3209109



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\MessagesBundle.properties

LAST MODIFIED: 1037392412000

SIZE: 74716



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\MessagesBundles.jar

LAST MODIFIED: 1037392412000

SIZE: 349715



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\money.url

LAST MODIFIED: 1033744162000

SIZE: 80



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\RunLime.jar

LAST MODIFIED: 1037392412000

SIZE: 4930



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\spacer.gif

LAST MODIFIED: 1037392414000

SIZE: 49



C:\Program Files\LimeWire\xml.war

LAST MODIFIED: 1037392412000

SIZE: 4446

There is now a newer version 2.7.9

You might want to give it a try... may clear up the error.

You need to instal Java RunTime Environment 1.4.1.
I had the same problem with jre1.3.1.