Hi and thankx for reading I've tried everything!
uninstall Java, reboot, uninstall Limewire, reboot.
Tried deleting Limewire preferances directory, no joy.
Tried installing latest Java version on it's own, then
Limewire, nada. Even uninstalled Java/Limewire
then installed Limewire and let it install Java.
And also reinstalled Windows XP SP2 {Media Center Edition..}
No luck at all
Limewire still will not load!

I don't know what to do at this point can anyone help?

Here is a copy of the error report found in
C:\program files\Limewire directory:

#
# An unexpected error has been detected by HotSpot Virtual Machine:
#
# EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at pc=0x0067706d, pid=3988, tid=3400
#
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (1.5.0_05-b05 mixed mode, sharing)
# Problematic frame:
# C 0x0067706d
#

--------------- T H R E A D ---------------

Current thread (0x0098c7a0): JavaThread "Basic L&F File Loading Thread" [_thread_in_native, id=3400]

siginfo: ExceptionCode=0xc0000005, writing address 0x7c80e00d

Registers:
EAX=0x00000000, EBX=0x04c20000, ECX=0x7c91056d, EDX=0x00e90001
ESP=0x04e2f248, EBP=0x2e676e69, ESI=0x7c80e00d, EDI=0x000000c7
EIP=0x0067706d, EFLAGS=0x00010246

Top of Stack: (sp=0x04e2f248)
0x04e2f248: 00b20000 00000000 04c20000 0017e0b0
0x04e2f258: 04e2f2a8 04c20000 001c045e 000000c7
0x04e2f268: 0000018e ffffffff 00000040 001c0218
0x04e2f278: 00000000 001c0400 04e2f3ac 00a965d8
0x04e2f288: 00b20000 00000000 001c045e 000000c7
0x04e2f298: 04e2f2a8 0019bbc0 001c0218 00000000
0x04e2f2a8: 445c3a43 6d75636f 73746e65 646e6120
0x04e2f2b8: 74655320 676e6974 69565c73 6e65636e

Instructions: (pc=0x0067706d)
0x0067705d: 00 c6 00 fd 00 2e 00 20 20 7e 00 fb 00 53 00 a1
0x0067706d: 00 2e 00 bc 00 58 00 e8 00 dd 00 a8 00 57 00 6e


Stack: [0x04d30000,0x04e30000), sp=0x04e2f248, free space=1020k
Native frames: (J=compiled Java code, j=interpreted, Vv=VM code, C=native code)
C 0x0067706d

[error occurred during error reporting, step 120, id 0xc0000005]

Java frames: (J=compiled Java code, j=interpreted, Vv=VM code)
J sun.awt.shell.Win32ShellFolder2.getAttributes0(JJI )I
J sun.awt.shell.Win32ShellFolder2.hasAttribute(I)Z
v ~RuntimeStub::alignment_frame_return Runtime1 stub
j sun.awt.shell.Win32ShellFolder2.isDirectory()Z+10
j javax.swing.filechooser.WindowsFileSystemView.isTr aversable(Ljava/io/FileLjava/lang/Boolean;+17
j javax.swing.JFileChooser.isTraversable(Ljava/io/FileZ+51
j javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicDirectoryModel$LoadFil esThread.run()V+155
v ~StubRoutines::call_stub

--------------- P R O C E S S ---------------

Java Threads: ( => current thread )
0x009274a0 JavaThread "Basic L&F File Loading Thread" [_thread_in_native, id=1852]
=>0x0098c7a0 JavaThread "Basic L&F File Loading Thread" [_thread_in_native, id=3400]
0x00984260 JavaThread "Image Fetcher 1" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=1100]
0x00984640 JavaThread "Image Fetcher 0" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=2324]
0x0094ce80 JavaThread "Timer-0" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=2808]
0x00939a00 JavaThread "TimerQueue" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=1996]
0x0092c450 JavaThread "NIODispatcher" [_thread_in_native, id=1452]
0x00927e80 JavaThread "AWT-EventQueue-0" [_thread_blocked, id=488]
0x00920610 JavaThread "Java2D Disposer" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=3996]
0x0091e8d0 JavaThread "AWT-Windows" daemon [_thread_in_native, id=4000]
0x0091ee50 JavaThread "AWT-Shutdown" [_thread_blocked, id=2584]
0x00910de0 JavaThread "Low Memory Detector" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=2316]
0x0090e130 JavaThread "CompilerThread0" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=516]
0x0090d030 JavaThread "Signal Dispatcher" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=3560]
0x0090c310 JavaThread "Finalizer" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=1860]
0x0090b090 JavaThread "Reference Handler" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=2028]
0x009021c0 JavaThread "main" [_thread_in_native, id=476]

Other Threads:
0x0090a270 VMThread [id=2816]
0x009118f0 WatcherThread [id=4032]

VM state:not at safepoint (normal execution)

VM Mutex/Monitor currently owned by a thread: None

Heap
def new generation total 576K, used 215K [0x22b90000, 0x22c30000, 0x23070000)
eden space 512K, 42% used [0x22b90000, 0x22bc5ef0, 0x22c10000)
from space 64K, 0% used [0x22c10000, 0x22c10000, 0x22c20000)
to space 64K, 0% used [0x22c20000, 0x22c20000, 0x22c30000)
tenured generation total 4296K, used 3866K [0x23070000, 0x234a2000, 0x26b90000)
the space 4296K, 89% used [0x23070000, 0x23436990, 0x23436a00, 0x234a2000)
compacting perm gen total 8192K, used 5051K [0x26b90000, 0x27390000, 0x2ab90000)
the space 8192K, 61% used [0x26b90000, 0x2707ef30, 0x2707f000, 0x27390000)
ro space 8192K, 62% used [0x2ab90000, 0x2b09a3a0, 0x2b09a400, 0x2b390000)
rw space 12288K, 46% used [0x2b390000, 0x2b9203d8, 0x2b920400, 0x2bf90000)

Dynamic libraries:
0x00400000 - 0x00415000 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire.exe
0x7c900000 - 0x7c9b0000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll
0x7c800000 - 0x7c8f4000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll
0x77f60000 - 0x77fd6000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHLWAPI.dll
0x77dd0000 - 0x77e6b000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\ADVAPI32.dll
0x77e70000 - 0x77f01000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\RPCRT4.dll
0x77f10000 - 0x77f56000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\GDI32.dll
0x77d40000 - 0x77dd0000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll
0x77c10000 - 0x77c68000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\msvcrt.dll
0x5cb70000 - 0x5cb96000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\ShimEng.dll
0x6f880000 - 0x6fa4a000 C:\WINDOWS\AppPatch\AcGenral.DLL
0x76b40000 - 0x76b6d000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINMM.dll
0x774e0000 - 0x7761d000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\ole32.dll
0x77120000 - 0x771ac000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\OLEAUT32.dll
0x77be0000 - 0x77bf5000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSACM32.dll
0x77c00000 - 0x77c08000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\VERSION.dll
0x7c9c0000 - 0x7d1d4000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHELL32.dll
0x769c0000 - 0x76a73000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\USERENV.dll
0x5ad70000 - 0x5ada8000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\UxTheme.dll
0x629c0000 - 0x629c9000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\LPK.DLL
0x74d90000 - 0x74dfb000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\USP10.dll
0x773d0000 - 0x774d2000 C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.2600.2180_x-ww_a84f1ff9\comctl32.dll
0x5d090000 - 0x5d127000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\comctl32.dll
0x771b0000 - 0x77256000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\WININET.dll
0x77a80000 - 0x77b14000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\CRYPT32.dll
0x77b20000 - 0x77b32000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSASN1.dll
0x76bf0000 - 0x76bfb000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\psapi.dll
0x6d640000 - 0x6d7cc000 C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_05\bin\client\jvm.dll
0x6d280000 - 0x6d288000 C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_05\bin\hpi.dll
0x6d610000 - 0x6d61c000 C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_05\bin\verify.dll
0x6d300000 - 0x6d31d000 C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_05\bin\java.dll
0x6d630000 - 0x6d63f000 C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_05\bin\zip.dll
0x6d000000 - 0x6d167000 C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_05\bin\awt.dll
0x73000000 - 0x73026000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINSPOOL.DRV
0x76390000 - 0x763ad000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMM32.dll
0x73760000 - 0x737a9000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\ddraw.dll
0x73bc0000 - 0x73bc6000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\DCIMAN32.dll
0x63000000 - 0x63013000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\SynTPFcs.dll
0x6d240000 - 0x6d27d000 C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_05\bin\fontmanager.dll
0x10000000 - 0x10019000 c:\progra~1\mcafee.com\vso\McVSSkt.dll
0x71ab0000 - 0x71ac7000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2_32.dll
0x71aa0000 - 0x71aa8000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2HELP.dll
0x6d4c0000 - 0x6d4d3000 C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_05\bin\net.dll
0x6d4e0000 - 0x6d4e9000 C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_05\bin\nio.dll
0x0ffd0000 - 0x0fff8000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\rsaenh.dll
0x5b860000 - 0x5b8b4000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\netapi32.dll
0x71a50000 - 0x71a8f000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\mswsock.dll
0x662b0000 - 0x66308000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\hnetcfg.dll
0x71a90000 - 0x71a98000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\wshtcpip.dll
0x04580000 - 0x0458a000 C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire20.dll
0x6d1c0000 - 0x6d1e3000 C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_05\bin\dcpr.dll
0x76d60000 - 0x76d79000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\iphlpapi.dll
0x76d40000 - 0x76d58000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\MPRAPI.dll
0x77cc0000 - 0x77cf2000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\ACTIVEDS.dll
0x76e10000 - 0x76e35000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\adsldpc.dll
0x76f60000 - 0x76f8c000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\WLDAP32.dll
0x76b20000 - 0x76b31000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\ATL.DLL
0x76e80000 - 0x76e8e000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\rtutils.dll
0x71bf0000 - 0x71c03000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\SAMLIB.dll
0x77920000 - 0x77a13000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\SETUPAPI.dll
0x76f20000 - 0x76f47000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\DNSAPI.dll
0x76fb0000 - 0x76fb8000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\winrnr.dll
0x76fc0000 - 0x76fc6000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\rasadhlp.dll
0x71b20000 - 0x71b32000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\MPR.dll
0x75f60000 - 0x75f67000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\drprov.dll
0x71c10000 - 0x71c1e000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\ntlanman.dll
0x71cd0000 - 0x71ce7000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\NETUI0.dll
0x71c90000 - 0x71cd0000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\NETUI1.dll
0x71c80000 - 0x71c87000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\NETRAP.dll
0x75f70000 - 0x75f79000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\davclnt.dll
0x77b40000 - 0x77b62000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\appHelp.dll
0x76fd0000 - 0x7704f000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\CLBCATQ.DLL
0x77050000 - 0x77115000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\COMRes.dll
0x76980000 - 0x76988000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\LINKINFO.dll
0x76990000 - 0x769b5000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntshrui.dll

VM Arguments:
jvm_args: -Xss64k -Xms4m -Xminf0.10 -Xmaxf0.25 -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog
java_command: LimeWire.jar

Environment Variables:
PATH=C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_05\bin;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\ WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\system32\WBEM;C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel
USERNAME=Vincent Scott
OS=Windows_NT
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 3, GenuineIntel

--------------- S Y S T E M ---------------

OS: Windows XP Build 2600 Service Pack 2

CPU:total 2 family 15, cmov, cx8, fxsr, mmx, sse, sse2, ht

Memory: 4k page, physical 2095596k(1573760k free), swap 4032700k(3695600k free)

vm_info: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (1.5.0_05-b05) for windows-x86, built on Aug 26 2005 15:36:02 by "java_re" with MS VC++ 6.0


Any idea what is going on here
What could I do so Limewire will start?
Thank U very much for any assistance!
-SG