That's an idea yes. I have heard LW tech sometimes suggest using add/remove control panel to remove LW which is odd because it doesn't use that type of installer. (Usually use the Start menu -> All Programs -> LW -> Uninstall option.) But I would clean registry after uninstalling. Both the above registry cleaners are good.

I did get the impression looking at the above bug report the error was in Java, something not correct about its installation, but if you have reinstalled it & did a registry clean in between then perhaps the problem was the LW installation. Make sure you delete all files related to LW on the computer (except for offline installer.) Get offline LW installer here http://www9.limewire.com/download/LimeWireWin-full.exe which is safer than the normal installer.

can I keep incomplete music/video files before I uninstall, like save them to my desktop and then uninstall the rest

Yes ... move the entire folder .. important to keep the download.dat & download.bak files within that folder, else the incomplete files will not mean anything to the new limewire. Those are the download history files.

However, and this is VERY IMPORTANT, install the new LW, then if it opens ok, close it. Then replace the new incomplete folder with the old one. This MUST be done whilst LW is closed, else the download history files will be zeroed. Make a back up of those download.dat & .bak files just in case.

Nice work dude.I was just wondering when i read your post.My friend had a same problem.But i had fail to rectify this.Thanks.Might be helpful for me in future.
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I am having the same problem. LW begins to start up whith the black banner that says Limewire5, but then suddenly dissapears. I don't have alcohol on my system. Im using windows xp. I have uninstalled and re-installed both LW and Java, and still no luck. The only thing i can think of is I installed a registry cleaner last week and i havnt run limewire since then and have been cleaning my registry regularly. It's call ErroFix. Could this program be causing my problem with limewire starting and then shutting down a few seconds later? Also, i never get an error message when it shuts down either, it just goes to my desktop as if nothing ever happened.

Bryan

Welcome to the topic. Should definitely never drink & drive.