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I keep running into the problem that if I quit Limewire with downloads in progress, the next time I open Limewire, they are no longer in my download window. Does anyone know how to avoid this, or some other way to redownload something in your incomplete folder?
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the newest version fixes that bug.
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the newest version fixes that bug.
Which version would you suggest????????????????????

You can't be suggesting LW 2.3.3 can you?
Because LW 2.3.3 Pro don't do dat for me!
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I have the new version, and as the last person stated, it's not fixing it....any ideas for the second part of the question....is there a way to redownload from the library page from your incomplete folder?
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The bug was fixed in LimeWire 2.3.

I know it's working on Linux and Windows now. The file, that is used to save the downloads, downloads.dat is saved when you close LimeWire and when you add / kill downloads.

If you are having trouble, check if LimeWire can save to your downloads.dat file (located in your Incomplete - directory). Check file permissions, etc.
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Quote:
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The bug was fixed in LimeWire 2.3.

I know it's working on Linux and Windows now.
Great for the PeeCee crowd...
What about the Mac? Does it work for me?

NOT
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Hey, you can install Linux on your Mac!

Did you check if the downloads.dat was written?
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yes,
been there,
done that,
"Downloads.Dats" is written.

And, either NO resumed downloads with LW 2.3.3 Pro,
or, if they do resume,
they begin at 0% regardless of the previous (incompleted) file size.

lots of fun when on a dial-up, trying a 10Mg file and reaching 95% complete
only to have LW 2.3.3 go back to 0%
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Do the downloads to resume appear in your downloads-panel after you started LimeWire?

If that's the case a possible explanation could be, that you downloaded a grouped search result and LimeWire now resumes a similar file with a slightly different filename. If that's the case, the download will start from 0% again and it will create a new temporary file. This is a defect, indeed, and the LimeWire-team is trying to solve it by implementing another addition Gnutella protocol, the HUGE proposal, which will allow to identify similar files with different file names securely.

So far, I don't think it's an MacOS-specific bug, since the methods used to write and read the file are working with JRE 1.1.8.
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I do tend to go after a "grouped" file
as the odds of finding one of them with an available download slot are much better,
However, the problem also occurrs with a single download host request (download all).

My recollections are, that (with ANY- LW 2.x.x)
when the incomplete (resuming) download appearrs in the LW download window after a restart,
the host address is the same as the original attempt, and,
although I do nothing,
the incomplete download appears in the download window
and resumes at 0% regardless of the % I reached in the previous session.

This problem does not happen in my LW 1.7,
LW 1.7 usually completes incomplete downloads as long as the original host is (still) available.
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