went from 4.2.1 pro to 4.8 basic beta and it won't load. installs fine in windows xp pro with sp2, then when I run it it simply doesn't go into the program. occasionaly the process is still running but it never enters the program proper.
any help guys
regards
john

Do you still have LW 4.2.1 on your computer? Next time it happens Control, ALT & Delete keys & go to process manager & see how many times LW is listed. If listed more than once then that's probably your problem ... delete your previous version using the Add/Remove programs control panel.

My limewire does the same thing, and it shows alot of them running in the process page, i have to right click and select run as, then click admin and put in the password then it will start fine, dont know why this works but it does for me, if you fixed this already please let me know how you fixed it cause i have tryed everything i can think of



thanks, jorge

Installing Limewire (or more important installing Java) may require some administrative privileges to properly register the VM or so that the startup program will get these privileges that allow integrating the support for Magnet links in your browsers (also need for installing the Java VM to get some hardware support).

The administrative privileges are also required to allow the installer to insert the registry keys that allow uninstalling the program or upgrading it later.

Once Limewire is installed with such administrative user account with privileges, you can run it safely from any user account (including a guest account).

So logon with a administrative "power" account, install Limewire from here (you don't need to run it immediately with this account).
Then logoff and logon with a limited account, and LimeWire (and Java) will run correctly for all user accounts on your system.

Make sure that you can effectively browse the Java demonstration pages on the Sun Java download web site in your browser. If this does not work there, there's nearly no chance that Limewire will start correctly.

Hi Guys, I get the same problem. I installed 4.8 pro and used the program for about a day. When I went back to use it Limewire would not load when I clicked on it. I checked to see if there any processes were running there were not. I uninstalled and reinstalled and the same thing keeps happening.

Is there a file on my computer blocking it from my ISP, or would mcafee security Suite be keeping it from loading?

Thanks

Babbsy there can be numerous reasons for your problem. Yes some ISP's will block or filter p2p. We'd need to know your isp to know if it's a known one for this.

For the time being might I suggest 2 things: 1. Delete the LW Preferences folder & 2. Re-install Java 1.5, reboot & then try opening LW. See: Fixes for Limewire