Theres a very good reason for not sharing files okay i agree you should share your music and videos thats just what the whole p2p networks about but if you have "sensetive" images i.e. private photos from say your holiday and documents containing passwords or bank details you should not share them [obviously] it is better to put your i.p. number into the direct connect and see exactly what your sharing incase your photos of you and your partner practising for readers wives is shared funny but not very nice for you.I go on documents i can read other shareers e-mails msn conversations which are private and can sometimes contain private details like adresses and phone numbers great if you want a 3am phone call but not if you just want to download a few music tracks and a few pictures.It takes carefull setting up and checking regulary it can be a bit embarassing if you don't.

Do you mean that even if you've named a specific folder in LW's share option people can still see other folders you haven't named?!

What I do with mine is keep the ones I want to share in a shared folder and my sensitive ones in a folder that isn't shared (noone can see those of course). If you later decided to share them you could move particular ones to a shared foldier, or, to share all in that folder, just change the folder itself to shared.