You could have killed limewire.
Another note kids:

DO NOT USE THE INSTALL UNINSTALL ON THE CONTROL PANEL UNLESS YOU WANT TO CORRUPT LIMEWIRE! USE THE UNINSTALL EXECUTABLE IN LIMEWIRE'S PROGRAM FILES!

Point made.

Could you expand on "killed"? If I have previously used Control Panel to uninstall Limewire, can I undo any problems caused by that uninstallation by using program's uninstall and reinstalling?

Nope search for limewire in the system search. delete everything. You'll need to start over again. Use regedit and go delete the limewire registry keys. go ask lord of the rings or 6_pac on how to do it.

That is the point. Uninstalling limewire using just it's uninstall portion of the program made the file corrupt. The only way I could "fix" it was to totally remove it, every little piece in every little corner of my C drive. I rebooted my system and did another search from the start menu and then installed limewire from scratch, like I never had it. After loading it I made sure the connections tab was checked off, it wasn't, unlike previous versions of the software bundle. Then it worked fine. What's so scary about killing something that's not working right to begin with? Maybe my solution is not for the faint of heart but I don't like to monkey around with a program. If it doesn't work, it doesn't work. And I ask again, has anyone contacted the Limewire makers? All this fuss very well may be able to be fixed with a patch. Sorry if I ruffled some feathers. I was only trying to help.

yeah because the uninstaller leaves the .props (properties) file behind and the registry keys and some other stuff.

May I please break in here and remind all of you that it is very unwise to casually suggest to users to enter Regedit and clear or edit settings.

The very great majority of people posting here are not experienced users and can easily do a lot of harm to the installed software... INCLUDING MAKING THEIR OPERATING SYSTEM INOPERATIVE.

Regedit is not something to play in.
Any advice regarding working in Regedit should include full details and step-by-step instructions... AND a clear warning of the possible loss of not only installed applications but the Operating System itself.

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hey all, i just had the exact same problem with limewire. I used ottermans approach and it worked perfectly.

if you dont want to go through all of that then just check your application data folder. if it doesn't contain the limewire folder then thats why your having this problem. for some reason my limewire application data folder had moved itself to the same for that the application data folder was in, and renamed itself .limewire . i recreated the problem just to ensure that was the cause, and behold i couldn't download. Then i just copied the folder, renamed it LimeWire and placed it in the application data folder, and limewire worked properly again.

Absopozeetootly Phuggin' Amazing !!!

You are capable of making a flattering statement !

Gosh !

Hey, AW, you seen this one ?

AW thinks he can scare me over at the limewire forums and i nicely added an attachment for him to look at.

Yeah and if you noticed he edited one of my posts for "breaking some rule" even though it's not copyright. because noone can get it.