Thanks, LotR. Glad to hear that they are apparently real. I solved the main problem, anyway and the other questions were minor. Incidentally, I just re-upped BearShare. I haven't used them in years. What donation do they ask to stop the spyware? (Which, of course, isn't all that hard to deal with, anyway.) And are there any other advantages to subscribing aside from being a nice guy and helping supprt them?