Didn't notice it until a couple of days ago, but now it'll say it's downloading three files, say, but only one will appear in the Incomplete folder and make it to my downloaded files folder. The rest are nowhere to be found (and I searched my entire disk).

I've only noticed it over the last couple of days; about the time I started trying to download some bigger files (>1MB). No idea what's causing it. Sometimes the file has vanished almost immediately after starting to download; other times it goes fine for ages and vanishes later on. I'm sure the rest of you folks know just how infuriating this is!

So -- how do we get the attention of the support folks? Are they supposed to read these forums?

I think this is the same problem as in the thread at http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=10146. No easy solutions, but someone claims that `downgrading' to the older v2.2.1 cured it. (Haven't tried it myself yet.)

All the older versions are available at http://www9.limewire.com:82/download/

The problem may be with the `Days to Keep Incomplete Files' setting (in Preferences->Saving). I spotted no problems until I increased the value from the default of 7 days up to 30. Yesterday I upped it to 999, and it's behaved perfectly since then. No guarantees, but well worth a try.

I was right!  Over in http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...&threadid=9371, Christopher Rohrs says:
<blockquote>We just discovered a bug where LimeWire can delete incomplete files immediately, making resumes impossible. The problem happens if you set the "keep incomplete files" option to anywhere between 24 and 49 days. Values between 75 and 99 days will also have the same effect, as will some other values. The problem is caused an overflow error.</blockquote>
He thinks a fix will be in 2.4.&nbsp; Meanwhile, he suggests the default of 7 days should eliminate the problem.&nbsp; My 999 seems to as well, if you need something longer!

the longest time to keep a file is, because of that bug in LimeWire, 2^31 milliseconds. If you enter 23 days, you'll be safe.

the 1st thing I tried was upping the days to 30 ...it didnt work at all

I too am having the same issues....Mac 10.3.9, using the current Limewire and files keep disappearing!!!! I download, wait a few days and when I try to play them again they aren't there!! Glad that I didn't pay for this! Switching to Frostwire and will pry THAT works. Can't find an old version of Limewire (2.2.1). Anyone know where I can get a copy? I'm thinking about doing batch downloads and burning to a CD then reimport to iTunes. Does anyone have any thoughts on this?