to take something from this.....why is it that I only download wma. files and no mp3's? and how could convert them into mp3's?............and I went through the preference section and checked everything except the wma files. and I still only get wma files.

reyalto, you didn't follow my advice in post #2 did you? The original poster wanted to download .wma files

If you don't want to see .wma in your search results: In LW tools > options > filters > keywords. Add .wma to the keyword filter > apply > ok. Now you shouldn't see those files in your searches any more!