The following message appears when trying to reinstall limewire. For what ever reason I have not been able to uninstall the old limewire program. This appears to also be the reason that I can not install new hardware( printer). Any help would be greatly appreciated.

One or more necessary files appear to be invalid. This is generally caused by a corupted installation. Please try down loading and installing Limewire again



LimeWire version 4.14.8
Java version 1.5.0_11 from Sun Microsystems Inc.
Windows XP v. 5.1 on x86
Free/total memory: 32780200/33357824

com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUILoader$StartupFailed Exception: invalid xml.war
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUILoader.sanityCheck(G UILoader.java:292)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUILoader.load(GUILoade r.java:57)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Nativ e Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknow n Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Un known Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Main.main(Main.java:45)

STARTUP ERROR!




FILES IN CURRENT DIRECTORY:
C:\Program Files\LimeWire\lib
LAST MODIFIED: 1192498997546
SIZE: 0

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire On Startup.lnk
LAST MODIFIED: 1188101970765
SIZE: 1538

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire.exe
LAST MODIFIED: 1187301600423
SIZE: 147456

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire.ico
LAST MODIFIED: 1187301600486
SIZE: 25214

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\pmf.ico
LAST MODIFIED: 1187301600736
SIZE: 3262

C:\Program Files\LimeWire\root
LAST MODIFIED: 1192498997375
SIZE: 0

What was your previous version of LW?

1. I'd recommend you remove your java in case it is corrupted & reinstall. See Point #1 here Fixes for Limewire (click on blue link) & only choose the OFFLINE download option.

2. Do step 2 or 3 in above link depending which is applicable in your case.

3. Go to Start menu -> All Programs -> LW -> Choose uninstall.

Then get this version -> Download ‘Other’ version & simply unzip & use!