Yes UK Bob, thats the answer I was looking for. So a workaround for scheduling is available... Say I want my downloads to commence at 1am (in "freetime") I just set up all the downloads then shut down LimeWire and have Windows Scheduler or Linux fire up LimeWire at 1am and the downloads should restart after finding "More Sources".

No coding required. I'll try this out!

And yes hobo(?) I believe it could be done and as you say there would be problems with the occasional rare file, but that problem can happen "online" if the plug is pulled. Anyway I'll just do it the Unix way by putting two available apps together (Scheduler and Limewire) rather than the Windows way of building every function into every function. (Soapbox vacated)