See if this helps with sharing folders: LimeWire 5 - Adding folders to library, sharing/unsharing files, removing folders - Windows.

And for changing the download location - as well as choosing your download folder within tools > options > downloads, just check where specific categories are being saved.

In LW go tools > options > advanced > files. Click on the Configure button next to Download Folders. Check the locations of saved folders for the different categories & change them if you have to. Click ok to save the change & then click ok again on the main options page.

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