up until recently my limewire has worked wonderfully and i enjoyed it to the full, but now it wont open...well...it opens, but i cant see it, the daily tips box and things open, but theyre in the top left corner of screen and i cant get any fruther than that, limewire is open on my taskbar, but when i click on it nothing happens, ive tried updating, rebooting, reinstalling, ive tried alot but always the same problem and i cant figure out why...any suggestions?

What you can try until one works is:
1. Repair LimeWire using the Add/Remove Programs utility. Go to Control Panel then Add/Remove Programs & click on Limewire on the Change/Remove button & it comes up with options and one of them is Repair. Try this.

2. Update your Java version 1.5 (take the JRE)

3. Delete the LW Preferences folder called .limewire (whilst LW is closed!) & found here: Windows NT 4.0 / 2000 / XP: C:/Documents And Settings/your_username/.limewire OR Windows 98 / ME: Your .limewire folder is in "C: My Documents" (BUT make a note of all your LW settings 1st, b/c after you delete the LW prefs folder you'll need to reset them.)

4. Right-clicking the Limewire icon and going to properties and changed compatability setting to Windows 2000.

5. 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. (If you're the Admin of your comp.)