Every link I click on says that 'the protocol (magnet) isn't associated with any program'. I am using Mozilla Firefox though if that browser doesn't work with them?

That's odd! Firefox should work fine with them. Do you have any other p2p sharing programs similar to LW on your computer? Normally LW will become your default magnet handler unless another program forces its way to become the default. You could try another browser if you have one, but it sounds like that won't make any difference anyway.

How did you uninstall LW earlier? Or did you just run the installer to reinstall?

All I have is LW and BitTorrent, could a conflict be causing the problem?

Ah ... yes ... that will be the conflict. Hmm well I guess we can forget the magnet links. When you open LW, does it ask you anything about being the magnet handler? It's not important now.

Do you run bittorrent at the same time as LW? It's generally not recommended! If you do, that may be why the magnet handler situation is not working.

Well all I can suggest is you keep trying more files to downld, also try varying your search terms so you may find the identical file but under a slightly different name. And it may be reliable.

I never leave either program running in the 'systray' when not downloading and only use BitTorrent when LW cannot find or download the file as it tends to be slower. No LW opens as normal, suggests I update to LW PRO and after clicking later runs in exactly the same fashion it did when it worked previously.

So, what you're saying is that there are certain files you can download:
" .. and started to download without any problem "
Those checked and confirmed with Bitzi.....right?

And while trying to download with LW, your bittorrent is completely closed (checked via Task Manager>Processes)???

Since LW is asking you to update (to a newer version rather than to Pro), what LW version are you using, and where did you get it from (the official LW website [http://www.limeiwre.com])??
What about your free diskspace you download with LW to??

Recently I have found a lot faked files with even less than 3 hosts; obviously shared by the RIAA to discourage P2P users from downloading copyright protected material........

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I have the latest version of LW (ver 4.12.4) as I downloaded it before when I re-installed it and it was downloaded directly from the LW site so that's not the problem.

BitTottent is completely closed as it isn't set to run on startup and is disabled in 'msconfig' but still LW doesn't work after rebooting. It is possible that they're fakes however if that is the case then how can every occurrence of a file be a fake, surely some out there are genuine?