i have tried to install each type of limewire (the normal version and the offline and the other version) and i can successfully install the program but then i double click the icon for the program to run and it comes up with a little green limewire screen in the middle then vanishes two seconds later. Lime wire ran fine until about 1 week ago then this problem happened so i tried to reinstall it with no avail. could some one please help

Reinstall Java. Use the JRE offline installer & remove your current Java version before installing the new one.
http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp

Delete LW's preferences folder. See point 3 below (also point 2 if you've used much older versions of LW in the past). This will kill all of your settings within options, you'll have to go back through & reset things afterwards.
Fixes for LimeWire

Now reinstall LW & make sure to use the offline installer.
http://www.limewire.com/english/content/download.shtml

If that doesn't help, try changing compatibility. That's point 5 in the 'fixes' thread.

If it's still not opening, have you installed/updated any security programs lately? Make sure that LW's on the exceptions/allowed list for any antispyware etc.

i uninstalled java and it works fine now.. thanks heaps