After I download the zip file, the installer extracts but does not go thru the set up process...Anybody know what the deal is?

Hmm--just installed 2.9.8 with no problems. After the installer unstuffed, I just douleclicked on the installer and everything worked.

Any more info?

Now, I can open Limewire without any trouble, but when I try and download, my status is always "could not download." Hmmmmmm

just repeat the search to find new sources--the new clients have stopped automatic requeries for the health of the network.

How did you fix the install problem?

I didn't. It still downloads with errors. I'm wondering if that is what my problem is...that the "errors" are preventing me from being able to download.

sorry imackitty--I thought you had the install problem. If you had errors, what are they? Unlike the previous versions of 2.9, LW2.9.8 had no error messages. I use textedit to look in the "err.txt" file on the desktop or in the or the "LimeWire_InstallLog.log" inside the ~/Applications/LimeWire folder.

these are the lines in the err.txt doc that mention "error." I have no earthly idea what they mean. I'm going to try a good old-fashioned restart and cross my fingers.

Execute Custom Code
class com.limegroup.install.SettingsTranslator.install() Unexpected Fatal Error:
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/sun/java/util/collections/Set
at com.limegroup.install.SettingsTranslator.install(S ettingsTranslator.java:31)
at com.zerog.ia.installer.actions.CustomAction.instal lSelf(Unknown Source)
at ZeroGt7.run(Unknown Source)

Saw those with the previous versions, but they caused no problems with my English version. Try downloading the newest version (2.9.8).

well, I restarted and have actually managed to download a song...albeit a guinea pig of a song that I didn't really want (sigh). A couple of songs are *trying* very slowly to download, but most give me that "could not download" status message. I never saw it before tonight. Perhaps I'd just been lucky??

If this is what I can expect from now on, I fear I will be seriously bummed.

Hmm. Did you completly uninstall the previous version before the 2.9.8 install?
I run the uninstall, then use the Find to search for anything "limew" to get rid of the old preferences, installer, and download. To really start fresh, I delete the "incomplete" folder, the old err.txt, the out.txt, but leave the Shared folder as it is.

Doesn't cmd-clicking the search tab for the file you want to get bring up the option to "Repeat search"? That should start the download if the same file can be found. The Could not download message replaces the old requery message.