For those interested, there is another thread ( which I will bring to the front, maybe I can put a link here)
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=18870
If it is not a link, copy and paste in your browser.
This thread is called "Completed Items disappearing" You can read this to discover if that is the problem you are having, before spending a lot of time, reading this thread which may be unrelated to your problem.
This is because I was going to try to take the mess to a new thread but we wound up keeping on here... and that thread fizzled.
Sorry about the inconvenience
silky