Limewire program will not run, load screen closes at 12 percent. Help??

buffenbison · #1 (**permalink**) November 28th, 2007

Ok, I have looked on the other posts about this and I am both confused about what to do in my situation and afraid to mess up my new computer. I installed limewire, uninstalled it due to a shutting down of windows, turned out to be graphics driver related and has been fixed. Was uninstalled using control panel add/remove feature. Reinstalled on site by clicking save. Did not go past 12 percent when loading the program. Uninstalled using limewire uninstall and deleted all shortcuts and program file folders and saved install files in my downloads. Reinstalled and goes to twelve percent but doesn't stay stuck on it, the window just shuts down however limewire is still running under processes on task manager. Can any one help me with this problem??

wondering why · #2 (**permalink**) November 29th, 2007

Go into your Task Manager and select the End Process for limewire...

Then try these tips...
Try deleting your preference folder/s...This will reset your configurations back to default and get rid of any corruption that may of happened...

Fixes for Limewire when LW isn't operating as it should
LimeWire Pref Folder in Vista

Try uninstalling all versions of Java from the add/remove programs and then re-install the JRE 5.11 offline version....
Archive: Download Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 Update 11

Try right-clicking the Limewire icon and going to properties and change compatability setting to Windows 2000. (but only if you're using Windows 2000 or later.) Somebody reported changing to Windows NT compatibility fixed their problem despite not using that operating system version.

Right-click on the Limewire icon on the desktop and click on Run as. Then it should come up showing the current user and then switch it over to Administrator. (but 'only' if you're the admin of your comp.!)

vanmo92 · #3 (**permalink**) November 30th, 2007

I have the same problem, except it doesent shut down the computer. It has worked well for months, this problem just started today. I found that If you create a new user, it works then. BTW, where do you find the preferences folder to reset it?

wondering why · #4 (**permalink**) December 2nd, 2007

It show's you where the preference folders are in the links provided in the above post...