Saved folder is empty!

[mojoluvins]

I have searched through the forum for a similar problem and have not found one. Yesterday, my husband turned on our Limewire only to discover our entire saved folder had been wiped clean and Limewire was asking for a new designation for saved files. He designated our Media file, but I did not trust the fact that all of a sudden everything was gone and a request was made to designate another area in our computer. I un-installed Limewire, and when my fragment cleaner went to work, it found our saved folder in my program files. I cannot seem to delete our saved folder now, it says that the file "clink.jar" is being used by another program and cannot be deleted.

What I wanted to do was to completely un-install Limewire and attempt to re-install it again to see if that would clear up our problem. I hope someone understands what I am talking about. I was wondering if our Limewire had not become corrupted in some way? Thank you for your help.

[6_pac]

Have you scanned for viruses? It sounds similar to a recent virus being spread around the network that erases your library and puts a bunch of exe files in your program folder.

Have a read through this thread: files from limewire converted into zip files

[mojoluvins]

Yes, I made sure to do a scan right after he told me that had happened. Nothing was found. However, at the cost of looking silly I had a bright idea to re-start the comp after I posted. Once everything booted up, I was able to delete the Limewire folder from my program folder with no problem. Once that was done I was able to re-install Limewire with no problem, and our saved files were right back in our library. Strange. Thanks for the help tho.

[mickjapa108]

mojo Hi.
LimeWire's shared folder is the subject for attac by hakers n the like.
What I have done, & many others do, is make a folder with a name that has
no relation to sharing, or L/W (Hennry's Groove) or somthing obscure. On another drive, then point L/W to it.
To do this Go to Start/My Computer, Doubleclick a drive D,E,F,G or whatever, Right click, choose New folder, name it, Then with L/W closed, Go to L/Wshared, cut & paste your files to the new folder.
Now! Open L/W Go, Tools/Options/Sharing/ADD,click on, look in, bar and navigate to your new folder. Highlight it and press select
Now! Open L/W Go, Tools/Options/Saving/Browse,click on, look in, bar and navigate to your new folder. Highlight it and press select.
You can make separet folders for Film,Music,Pic's n whatever you want,Just
ADD new & repete.
Peace.

[mojoluvins]

OK thank you. I will do that!

[wondering why]

This is an interesting thread as there is another member with a similar issue...I wonder what's happening to cause this all of a sudden....
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showthread.php?t=68025