Reposted because last time it turned into a discussion of the merits of JAVA.

No one even mentioned any solutions..

Mysterious LimeWire Bug... Crashes on Startup

I have not had many problems with recent versions of Limewire Crashing.

The problem I have is that its so slow that it often brings the whole system to a halt.

So slow in fact I have been looking for Non-Java based alternatives.

Non exist since OS X became the main Mac OS. All are Java.

Almost every Java app I have run has been a processor Hog. I have always attributed this to java being slow.

I read elsewhere here that the JRE in OSX is made By Apple and not SUN.

Where that was true in OS 9, in X the JRE is made by Sun for Apple and Apple distributes it.

A friend of mine just bought her first Mac. A G4 tower. Running Mac OS 10.3.2...

She tried to install Limewire 3.6.15. After installation every time she tried to run it it Unexpectedly quit.

I trashed her prefs, NO GO.
I Reinstalled Limewire, NO GO.
I removed all things Limewire, reinstalled, NO GO.

The only thing that worked was reinstalling the OS.

That worked for about a week. Where due to a move they hardly used the computer.

He had Limewire open then closed it.

They burned a CD, then went to open Limewire again. The same thing starting again.

It does not always crash immediately but it always does crash.

Other Java apps still work. Just not Limewire.

They did not install anything during that time period.

The only thing I can figure is going on is Limewire is corrupting something in the operating system. Since this is the only remedy that works.

Again, I have never had this problem so its frustrating that I can not fix this myself. The only difference between our computers is that hers is faster, with a combo drive. Other than that we are running the same version of the OS, Same version of Limewire.

Also, installing Limewire Beta version 3.7.9 does nothing to help.

Just to let you know that you're not alone.
Crashes started after installing LW X 3.7.x and continues with version 3.8.2.
Installation proceeds fine, customizing prefs goes fine, thenit crashes, and crashes on every launch attempt.
Running Panther 10.3.2 on a Dual 2 gig G5 with 1 gig ram.
Hope there's an answer or fix soon.

Java Update version 1.4.2 seems to have fixed the problem.

Many thanks for taking the responsibility to post your follow-up !
Much appreciated.

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