allright i downloaded LW and wanted a new skin b/c with the windows theme i have it's impossible for me to see certain things on LW.so i dounloaded the black theme and went in search of the themes folder but couldn't find it.so i decided to use one of the skins that come with LW but everytime i try to select on it says that "The skin file you selected does not exist or is invalid".so what do i do?i really need this fixed b/c i can't really use LW b/c i can't see half the things on it.PLEASE HELP ME!

i had the same problem but i asked my cousin 4 help and i got the skins i wanted. heres wat to do. you go on my computer, click on local disk.then click on documents and settings ,then there supposed to be a file wuth ur name. click on it and then click on application data, then limewire, then ur supposed to see a file with the name themes. click on it. thats how to get the themes folder. wen u downloadin skins, click on the name of the skin itself and somtin will com up. click on save and ur supposed to save it in the themes folder. it will automatically save. then open up ur limewire and click on d view tab, then click apply skins and the click refresh skins. the skins u downloaded r supposed to show up. hope this helps!

Ok this site helped me so i will put the info back out there.
For those of you running vista, you need to click on start.
Now in the start search box, type folder options.
You will see it at the top of the list.
Click on it.
Now Click on the view tab.
One of the selections in this view will be HIDDEN FOLDERS.
Make sure that SHOW HIDDEN FILES AND FOLDERS is selected.
Right below that make sure HIDE EXTENSIONS FOR KNOWN FILE TYPES is unchecked.
Hit APPLY.

Now go to Start again. In the very top right hand corner of that window you will see a name of some sort. Probably your own. It's w/e you named your computer. Click on that.
Now you should see a sorta ghostly looking folder called AppData.
Click on that.
Click on Roaming
Click on Limewire
Click on Themes
Now this is the folder you will save your zipped themes.
From here you will right-click on any zipped folder that you save here and rename it. Literally right-click and scroll down that box until you highlight rename. A box will form around the current file name. Press the right arrow key. press backspace until you see .zip disappear. type .lwtp. Press enter.
Your new file should read whatever.ltwp.
It used to read whatever.zip
Now you can open limewire and go to view, and go to apply skins and then select w/e skin you want.

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I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to get a new skin on my Limewire, and yet I did it before. I got a new computer & had to download Limewire again. I don't remember the skin files coming up as a .zip file. Anyway, I followed your instructions, and voila, it worked! Yours seemed to be the clearest instructions. Thankyou, thankyou.

Man that's my kinda of instructions!! Simple.. I couldn't find the themes folder anywhere!! But by them instructions, who couldn't?? Thanks alot!!

the skins are still not showing up in my limewire =(

what do you do if Limewire doesn't exist in the Roaming folder?