OK, i have lime wire i use if for music vids pics and thats it one day i was using it and all of a sodden it closes so i try and go to open it and the screen pops up says its loading and such just like normal then it dissapeers like its supost to before lime wire screen pops up but nothing happens. i did re-download it and tried deleting the files "lord of the rings" says to get rid of and nothing happens still downloading it there is no problem my firewall is off and my spyware has set for exceptions for lime wire what do i do? i have windows XP 2002 version home edition.

Try unistalling your Java and installing the offline version, once you have done that unistall Limewire and then install the offline version...

Instructions and link for Java in this thread....
Fixes for Limewire when LW isn't operating as it should!

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Open Task Manager up first and have a look at processes and see if you have limewire in the list, if you have end task from there...

If Limewire doesn't show up in there try deleting your preference folder, the instruction to do this are in the same thread as the Java instructions, in the link I provided...

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I had this same problem. I keep clicking on the icon but it won't open

Same problem here, have been paying for and using pro for years, now just like that it won't even start up, I suspect it is a limewire program problem, and am sure many more will be posting soon.

Luckily I paid with paypal, if it is not fixed soon I will file for a refund from paypal, not paying for something that does not work........

Did you both try the fixes in the link I gave in the 2nd post...

Limewire states that it does not offer refunds either .....

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None of the suggestions given ever worked, here or on other posts, I finally got Limewire to run on my own, and if you use paypal it does not matter if Limewire says they will not give a refund, trust me, if I would file a refund complaint with paypal for a refund, I would get it.

Here is what I did after trying all the other suggestions here and on other posts. Before I started to do all that others were saying to do if Limewire quits after running for 15-30 Minutes I had Java 5 up to version 11, so I uninstalled all the Java installs, and installed the Java everyone is advising, I uninstalled Limewire deleted all Limewire files and all the other things I was told to do, and after doing all that I could not even get Limewire to even start up long enough to even answer the setup questions.

So finally I uninstalled all the Java files I was told to install...
Then Uninstalled Limewire, and deleted all other LimeWire files.

"If you do not know anything about the registry then don't mess with it" if you do open it and before you do anything back up the registry.

Next I went to the registry I then searched for java, and deleted any entries that had to do with any of the other installs I had made.

Then I reinstalled the Java 5 ver. 11 HERE which was installed before I was told to uninstall ALL my java installs.

Then I downloaded the Beta version of Limewire 4.13.2 "which is running right now, and has been for the past hour" The installation went as smooth as it did the 1st time I installed Limewire a few years back.

So this worked for me, BUT remember BE CAREFUL WITH THE REGISTRY, and make sure you back it up if you are going to try the steps I did, and don't get angry with me if it does not work, I am just telling everyone what worked for me....


-Hank