You can only preview as much as you have downloaded. And usually slightly less than you have downloaded because LW does not necessarily download the file's data parts sequentially. Example, you downloaded 15% of a song file. You could probably preview about 10-14% of the song. (Perhaps 20-30 seconds of a 4 minute song in that example.)

Remember, these files are on each person's computers, not hosted on a website. These files are what people like you & I share.

For different reasons, I totally want old format back. It was just easier, more usable (for lack of a better term) and lacking things like "stop download" feature that another poster mentioned. I totally do not like new version.

You can revert to LW 4.18.8 whenever you like, whether you're a Pro user (providing your Pro benefits are still current) or basic user.

If you use basic: Get LimeWire for Your Platform - Lime Wire

If you use Pro, use your Pro download link & then on the right side of the page, you'll see Get LW Pro 4.18... click on that link.

LW 4.18.8 has some problems when it comes to resuming incomplete downloads from other versions. If you have incomplete downoads from LW 5 that you'd like to resume in an earlier version of LW, please let us know before you get rid of your LW 5 & we can give you more info about that & suggest a better LW version to use

Thanks so much for this info. I just really like the older format.

I find that LW 5 has more consistent network and connection behavior than 4.xx. BUT, I still downgraded because 50% of the useful functionality is MISSING from 5.xx

I've been in the software business for more than 20 years, and the cardinal rule is, NEVER take anything away!!! Not sure what the designers were thinking, but basic file management is totally gone! What the heck. Basic removal of stalled files takes hours and a thousand mouse clicks if you have a bunch coming in. It was so easy before.

I could get used to the layout of the new version, but for goodness sake, where it the functionality? Insane

Perhaps you should see http://www.gnutellaforums.com/downlo...downloads.html

There were some differences we experimented with & found. LW 4.16 seems superior to LW 4.18 for downgrading to. And I do recall early complaints about LW 4.18 which changed the LW download preferences location to the main LW preferences folder & the actual LW download location to a different location. This is besides the complaints of the time.

You can find an older classic version at oldversion.com As long as your media has not been removed from comp. the older version will read it all and add it to your library. I did it, I regret paying the $15 to upgrade to 5.0

If you actually used LW 5 with downloading, you should follow the instructions listed in the link in my above post. Else an older version than LW 4.18 will not read your incomplete files. And LW 4.18 does not do a good job of resuming them anyway.

Count me in as someone who HATES LW5.*-- I decided to give it another shot and after 2 days of utter hair pulling, I went back to 4.18.8.
Why try to reinvent the wheel?!? I found LW5 VERY user un-friendly after using previous versions. Sure the older ones had their quirks but I got used to them--in 5, it's a total cluster F
All that needed to be done was incorporate the new stuff within the old stuff and put a new 'paint job' on it, NOT try and make it 'sparkly' and 'spiffy' with bad fonts and worse user interface.
Half the things that had access with a click or 2, now I had to scrounge around for it---and a number of thngs I wanted wern't there.
The D/L window stinks as does the Incomplete File folder options
Hey I know it's free and I appreciate it greatly but geeez---what a mess---Too Much Too Soon to quote the NY Dolls LP name
went back to 4.18.8 and lost 95% of my incomplete files- thank you very much

You obviously did not follow my advice This 'still' works even if you downgrade from LW 4.18 to 4.16, see http://www.gnutellaforums.com/downlo...downloads.html

FYI the LW 5.2.2 beta has the download window visible at all times even if you're viewing the Library, P2P Network Window, Uploads window or browse results, the Download window will show all the time. And it is resizable. A big improvement over LW 5.1 & also better than LW 4 in that respect. LW 5.2.2 also introduced a couple new filters, such as a size filter.