Johnny Chin

While enjoying Thanksgiving with family and friends this weekend, I was asked how to fix LimeWire? It would run but it kept saying it was “not connected”.

Well, a quick Internet search all turned up with suggestions on uninstalling and reinstalling LimeWire. This is great if you have the installer to the version that was installed on the machine readily available. In my friend’s case, that was not the case. Besides, he didn’t want to redo all of his settings (tweaks) which has been working great for years.

While tinkering around on his laptop, I started to think it would be a quick fix if I could make LimeWire re-download the list of current peers. Hopefully do this without losing all of the other LimeWire settings.

So here is the QUICK FIX, all WITHOUT losing the other LimeWire settings:
Exit out of LimeWire completely and make sure it is NOT running.
In Windows (I am sure there is a comparable equivalent on the Mac and Linux),
open the folder %USERPROFILE%\Application Data\LimeWire
(on some older profiles, it maybe in %USERPROFILE%\.limewire).
Delete the file gnutella.net.
Restart LimeWire and it should download a new peers list.
The file gnutella.net is automatically recreated when you exit LimeWire.

NOTE: this worked for my friend’s LimeWire Pro v4.12.3; so it may or may not work with other versions. If it works or does not work for you please leave me a comment with your LimeWire version, so the info can help others.

I hope this little bit of information helps you.