I already tried that. If I do that it doesn't connect to anything- the list of nodes in winny is totally blank. As soon as I comment out the Ver=2 it works again.
I put this page through a translator (http://www.nynode.info/winnyp/v2.0b7.28/) and it seems to suggest you do it like I did in the end - started aftresh and edited the .ini.txt file, and didnt remove the ; either. It works, it just doesn't stay connected to anyone for very long.
Heh, don't trust machine translation. Specific lines off there:
Winnyp.ini.txtをテキストエディタによりオープン == open Winnyp.ini.txt in a text editor.
上記のような設定項目が確認できますが、コメントアウト文字列の;を削除し、Ver=0の数値部分を書き換える事で、Winnypの動作モード(接続先のバージョンの優先度)を設定する事が出来ます。 == Settings in there should be as above. If you remove the comment out character ; then you can control Winnyp's connect mode (which version it prefers to connect to).
書き換えが終わったらファイルを保存し、ファイル名を「Winnyp.ini.txt」から「Winnyp.ini」に書き換えます。 == Once you've finished editing, save the file and change the file name from "Winnyp.ini.txt" to "Winnyp.ini".
Also do I use 2 seperate nodes lists (Noderefp.txt and Noderef.txt) or do I copy the contents of my old Noderef.txt into Noderefp.txt? I tried both anyway and it doesn't help. This version of winny sucks, no wonder so many people say they have huge problems with it.
Which one is used depends on the connection mode if I remember right. If you set it to 0 then Noderefp.txt and if 2 then Noderef.txt. It sort of sounds like your noderef for it might be full of 727+ nodes, I'd just grab a fresh
7.1 noderef.txt from nynode, make sure you're set to connect to 6.6-7.1, and try it.
And to be honest, this is the first time I've heard complaints about the version. Most people I've spoke to like the bugs that were fixed and the little features added since 2b7.1. Winny isn't exactly the simplest program, if you want to use it and don't speak Japanese then you're probably going to need patience as the setup can get complicated. Doesn't help that I keep forgetting to mention stuff ^^; I've never tried to help someone that wasn't already a fluent or advanced Japanese speaker set it up...