Big Problem!!!

[Angel_Fan]

ive had limewire for bout yr and hlf now, no problems. but, i come home to day and the connection signal in the bottom left said i was sharing 0 files! I check my library and all my 200 songs are gone. but here is a file that is labled incomplete and i find all my songs there hilighted IN RED! i cant play any of my songs, it says that they are ALL corrupt. i dont only dl T3 files. i mostly get cable/dsl ones. i have no idea wht the problem. any help is appreciated.

[Lord of the Rings]

It sounds like your preferences have stuffed up or you've accidentally pressed default button. Reselect your normal Saving & Sharing folders, pess apply & ok & go to Library window & press Refresh button. Some normal media players may refuse to play files that are incomplete. Try playing them from LW again. If your LW dwnld prefs have become corrupted, you may need to start again & delete your incomplete files.

[Angel_Fan]

Originally posted by Lord of the Rings
It sounds like your preferences have stuffed up or you've accidentally pressed default button. Reselect your normal Saving & Sharing folders, pess apply & ok & go to Library window & press Refresh button. Some normal media players may refuse to play files that are incomplete. Try playing them from LW again. If your LW dwnld prefs have become corrupted, you may need to start again & delete your incomplete files.

ya i did wht u said. the dl prefs have all been corrupted. have to start from scratch.

[Lord of the Rings]

Which version of LW are you using? If possible it might be worth updating - even to the beta LW 4.1.8 which is much more stable & many more improvements. Also update your Java: http://www.java.com/en/download/windows_automatic.jsp

[Angel_Fan]

did what u said & still couldnt play songs, but was able to connect. just gonna delete corrupt files and start over. do u have any suggestions on how i can avoid this problem in the future.THX

[Lord of the Rings]

I don't know which OS you're using, but if you're using OSX or Win XP & use the latest Java & LW, I'd suggest it shouldn't happen again. This issue was more common with the older OS's, earlier versions of Java & LW.

Keep in mind that items listed in red in the incmplete folder can be b/c they've lost their link/relationship with the original source. Searching for the file & selecting to dwnld until you find the right one that dwnlds & continues on from where the incomplete one was is 'THE' most effective way of doing it. Force resuming the red files inevitably (but not always) ends up with them beginning from 0%! See this: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=26449

[Angel_Fan]

im using win XP, the latest version of java, and limewire 4.0.8.

[Lord of the Rings]

That is surprising then! You could always try the beta 4.1.8 or wait till 4.2 comes out. There's been many improvements (not all of them visible.) You can find a link for LW Beta 4.1.8 here: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...5&pagenumber=1

[Angel_Fan]

thnx for all ur help. hopefully this doesnt happen again