I did this and it allowed me to set my prefs. When I go to Tools>Options the options box flashes on the screen and then goes away. I am running 4.16.3 Any thoughts??

will using this Pref folder trick help with my problem? I'll get downloading a song, and around 80% complete i get a Blue Screen, saying "windows has encountered a problem and is shutting down" and my computer restarts. after it restarts a window comes up saying "Windows restarted successfully after being shutdown improperly." it also has a "Show details" button, and when I click it shows that the files causing the error are in my "...\AppData\Local\Temp\" folder. Will using this "delete LimeWire in Pref folder" trick help in my problem?

Something sounds like it's corrupted in the AppData\Local\Temp...

Definately give the preference folder a try...

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I tried the Pref folder trick, and this problem still happened again. But i think i got it now. When it told me the errors were in the "...\AppData\Local\Temp\" folder it also told me of a error in the "..Windows\Minidump" file. thinking back this hadn't happened to me at all UNTIL i tried downloading a certain song, and midway thru, the blue error screen came up and all this started. after restarting and getting back on LimeWire, the song finished, but LimeWire popped up a box telling me this song might be a corrupted file. I deleted the song instantly, but it had already corrupted my files, i guess. So when i started checking over these error files that windows was telling me was causing the crashes, the"...Windows\Minidump" file showed that it had been created at 11:25 am the previous day....... the same time i got my first crash from the corrupted song i downloaded. I deleted the entire Minidump file, and everythings been smooth since.

Yup, sounds like you got hit with some malware. Try finding a program that will help you find malicious software types (like Spybot: S&D) and also run a full scan with your virus software.

Good luck!