I think you misunderstood me. Don't stop any searches. If you can't locate the same file in searches then there's not a lot you can do. But if you do locate it but it won't start downlding or starts downlding but at 0 speed, then that's when I mean to select the file fromthe downld window, press Stop, then (re-)select it from the search results & press downld button. I find this can sometimes revigorate it. Sounds like the file(s) you're after are not common & the uploaders are not online very often or they're of difficult connectability.