Hey everyone,

I just recently got Limewire & seem to be having trouble with the sharing of files. I am using the basic free version & running windows XP. The set-up wizard seemed easy enough & I specified the 2 places I wanted to share my files from. However, About 7 of my video files are listed in black, but the rest are all red. I can't find anything anywhere that explains what this means. I clicked on the "shared files" folder, then on the button to configure, in the shared folders section I clicked Add & selected the path to the folders I wanted, but the files in the folders are just listed in red. I think this means they are not shared for some reason but am not sure. I have also tried individually right-clicking on every file & selecting "share" but this isn't working either.

I'm not very good at figuring out new programs at the best of times... could anyone help me with this please? I would appreciate it!! Thanks

Jai xx

Yes red means the files aren't being shared. Press the Refresh button (Refresh will update the shared list) & see if they turn black. If not, then right-click the file & a small options window will appear, select Share file. That option will only show if the file is not being shared (otherwise it will be greyed out.)

BTW ignore files in the incomplete folder. Also, files that have been just downlded might not be immediately shared.

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Thank you - but I already tried that.... it isn't working. Absolutely nothing happens when I right-click on a file & click share file. they stay red. Plus.... I'm finding it very frustrating, because I have several hundred files I want to share, it should do it just by me selecting the folder those files are in & sharing that... but it isn't working. I've read the help pages & clicked what its told me to click on those, but it just doesn't work.

OK let's start again. Go to LW's menu Tools>Options>Sharing & select the folder & press remove. Press apply. Then try re-adding it. As said, you may need to press the Refresh button if they don't automatically turn to black. Ways of adding shared folders: See How to Share Folders (click on link) & also Advanced Share options

If all this fails, then my thought would be to delete your LW Preferences folder whilst LW is closed; instructions here: Fixes for Limewire But make a note of all your settings before doing this.

(BTW I'm not sure but if you use the right-click option to share a particular file, you "might" need to use the Refresh button to update the change.)

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Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
640 K [of computer memory] ought be enough for anybody. -- Bill Gates (1981)
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. -- Albert Einstein
When facts don't fit the theory, change the facts. -- Albert Einstein
Religion keeps the poor from murdering the rich. -- Napoleon Bonaparte
The important thing is not to stop questioning. -- Albert Einstein
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. -- Albert Einstein
"A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians." -- Frank Zappa
"Tobacco is my favorite vegetable." / "May your sh*t come to life and kiss you on the face." / "Scientology, how about that? You hold on to the tin cans and then this guy asks you a bunch of questions, and if you pay enough money you get to join the master race. How's that for a religion?" / "Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff." / "There are three things that smell of fish. One of them is fish. The other two are growing on you!" / "Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny." / "The creation and destruction of harmonic and 'statistical' tensions is essential to the maintenance of compositional drama. Any composition (or improvisation) which remains consonant and 'regular' throughout is, for me, equivalent to watching a movie with only 'good guys' in it, or eating cottage cheese." / "Remember there's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over." / "The most important thing to do in your life, is to not interfere with somebody else's life." / "Rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, in order to provide articles for people who can't read." -- Frank Zappa
"The music business is a cruel and shallow trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." - Hunter S. Thompson
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