Well...it's been several weeks, and no matter how I choose to "share", I still have the same problem!
But another odd thing happened to me...i found myself on the exact opposite side!
I had searched for documents, and found one particular user had a lot of what I was needing...so I clicked on "view files".
It showed this person wasn't sharing ANY documents, yet I was currently downloading 2 and had already downloaded 3 others!
Yes, I was able to get entire downloads...even when the user had yet to add them to the "shared" portion of their library!
Many other types of files were shown...just not documents.

I also had an entirely different problem with another user...it got me so upset I didn't get back on for nearly a week!
Seems every file I tried to download was conveniently "unshared" by the user...was still online and was still able to access files, just not the ones I was trying to download. Even deleted almost whole files (over 90% complete), searched again, and found nothing! Just makes me wonder...especially since this user had no idea who was trying to download files...how bored do you have to be to sit and watch your uploads just so you can quickly "unshare" the same file? Why share at all if you're going to go through the hassle I describe?

I'm really starting to agree with you all and wonder if these are really "users"! Too many weird things I've found lately! Really thinking about totally leaving. Would miss it, but you know the old addage...just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean that people aren't out to get you! LOL