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Old February 11th, 2006
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Default Cannot open limewire because quicktime doesnt understand it!

I was wondering if i could get some help opening limewire. It downloads fine and then the icon appears on my desktop. i click on the limewire icon and then a box pops up that says...

Couldnt open the file "LimeWireSoftOSX" because it is not a file that Quicktime understands


the version of quicktime i have is 6.5.1

any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks.
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Old February 24th, 2006
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Angry Same problem

Sorry that I can't answer your question, I came here to post the exact same problem- it says "QuickTime cannot open the file: "LimeWireSoftOSX" it is not a file that QuickTime understands (-2048)" WTF?!

edited to add: I tried to open it with other applications than QuickTime which is the default, but none of them work either.
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Old February 24th, 2006
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Yeh it sucks.. i was trying to open it with other programs too but nothing works. well if you figure out how to fix it or find another program let me know.
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Hi folks

I'd be careful--that file doesn't sound like something you should want to open.

Where did you find that file? The real LimeWire is FREE from www.limewire.com, and is a real .dmg that Disk Utility will open properly.

There have been many sad stories of other sites scamming users into paying for LimeWire. If this is a new one, others would appreciate the details.
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Old February 27th, 2006
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Hi,

I did download from www.limewire.com and as far as I know, did everything I was supposed to do, so I still can't figure out why it won't work. I guess there are other programs I can use...
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Old February 27th, 2006
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That can happen if you use Internet Exploerer

Use Safari for your downloads, and it shouuld work.
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Thanks for that advice, I'm now trying through Safari and at the page where it asks if you're going to use it for copyright infringement, the continue button is not accessible no matter which option I choose (I will or I will not). The "Back to Home" button is fine but the "Continue" button is grey and I can't click on it! ...
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Old February 28th, 2006
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Huh? I just tried, and it works fine here.

Something is messed up then with your Safari. Bad cache maybe? The Safari menu has a "Clear cache" and a "Reset Safari" command. Maybe trying one of those will help.

If not, try FireFox. Still, the Safari problem is woth investigating.
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