Ok, just to confuse you even more...they are not in incomplete files they are in shared folder, sub titled incomplete. What I did was.... searched for the missing files which had disappeared from my dl list, found them in a folder called incomplete & moved this folder to my shared folder.. That makes me a right moron then, correct?? I've tried exiting LW & seeing if they would reload but they didn't. You think I should just re-search them? It would have been quicker I realise now! Cheers much 4 all ur help. x