Hello Everyone,

I'm experiencing a problem with FrostWire that just started a few days ago. I'm getting an error that claims I do not have permission for the application to write to files. I don't know how else to explain it, but I'm posting a screenshot of what I'm seeing on startup.

Ordinarily, I'm not sure it would be a major issue, but it keeps displaying throughout the FrostWire session. I'm not sure if it's an issue with my machine configuration, or if it is a bug in the program. I do know that I am not seeing the error in LimeWire.

Steps Taken in an attempt to resolve the issue:
- Running as Admin.
- Verified Admin permissions.
- Verified System Permissions.
- Checked permissions of the "FrostWire" folder in Program Files directory. Full Control already granted to System and Admin. (No changes were made)
- Checked permissions of the ".frostWire" folder in Documents and Settings\(user) directory. Full Control already granted to System and Admin. (No changes were made)

Machine Specs:
- AMD Athlon XP 3200+ (Not Overclocked)
- 1 GB DDR400 RAM (Corsair XMS - Matched Pair)
- Abit AN7 w/nForce2 ChipSet (v5.10 Drivers)
- ATi All-In-Wonder X800XT (AGP; v5.9 Drivers)

- Windows XP SP2 (All Updates from Microsoft Update, including latest release from yesterday, 11/8/2005.)


Any suggestions I may have overlooked? Could this be a program bug, especially since it does not appear in LW?
Thanks in advance for any help provided.

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Try deleting your FW preferences folder whilst FW is closed; found here: C:\Documents and Settings\yourusername\Application Data\FrostWire

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No such folder exists.. could that be part of the problem?

the folder is entirely hidden, you need to revail it in Folder Option in Control Panel, then click on View, then look for Hidden Folder and File, then click Show hidden file and folder, then click ok

No luck.. The settings I have posted below are default on my box. I'm guessing this is clearly a problem - any ideas on how to let FrostWire write that folder?

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(edited for future reference) Try deleting your FW preferences folder whilst FW is closed; found here: C:\Documents and Settings\yourusername\Application Data\FrostWire
(see image example below of how to find & delete ... double-check folder location before deleting folder)

Then use your search engine & search for frostwire. It worked for me "after" I changed visibility mode. Make sure in your search options that it will search for invisible files & folders as shown below. (I've shown 2 options for sending the FW preferences to the recycle bin.)

Vista location is: C:\Documents and Settings\yourusername\Application Data\Roaming\FrostWire

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Still no dice. The only one I found is the one in program files. Thank you for the tip though.. I may have to just live with it. A complete reinstall and cleaning of FrostWire entries in the registry hasn't helped. I'm genuinely stumped.

Excellent advice.. will try and see how it goes. Thanks.

In my experience in helping this identical problem with LW is that a total re-installation of Java, FW & deletion of the prefs fixes it.

By uninstalling Java I mean, use the add/remove control panel to remove Java. Then use the "Offline" installer for Java. If that doesn't fix it, then uninstall it again & instead, install Java 1.4.2 ("offline")
Use the LW reference link point #1 Fixes for Limewire for Java version links.

Delete the FW prefs folder as discussed. (Don't have a clue why you can't find it.)

Reinstall FW. If necessary, uninstall it from the Start menu>Programs>FW>Uninstall. If all fails ... Then get the "Other" version which you simply unzip & use.

(Sorry, I reposted because I realised I forgot to include a sample image duh sorry! I didn't realise you had responded!)

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Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
640 K [of computer memory] ought be enough for anybody. -- Bill Gates (1981)
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. -- Albert Einstein
When facts don't fit the theory, change the facts. -- Albert Einstein
Religion keeps the poor from murdering the rich. -- Napoleon Bonaparte
The important thing is not to stop questioning. -- Albert Einstein
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. -- Albert Einstein
"A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians." -- Frank Zappa
"Tobacco is my favorite vegetable." / "May your sh*t come to life and kiss you on the face." / "Scientology, how about that? You hold on to the tin cans and then this guy asks you a bunch of questions, and if you pay enough money you get to join the master race. How's that for a religion?" / "Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff." / "There are three things that smell of fish. One of them is fish. The other two are growing on you!" / "Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny." / "The creation and destruction of harmonic and 'statistical' tensions is essential to the maintenance of compositional drama. Any composition (or improvisation) which remains consonant and 'regular' throughout is, for me, equivalent to watching a movie with only 'good guys' in it, or eating cottage cheese." / "Remember there's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over." / "The most important thing to do in your life, is to not interfere with somebody else's life." / "Rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, in order to provide articles for people who can't read." -- Frank Zappa
"The music business is a cruel and shallow trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." - Hunter S. Thompson
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