thanks stief,
again very helpful.

[i did not actually use the + in my searches, that was just my
typing shortcut in the previous post.]

as for the un-install of beta:

can i uninstall the beta version w/o uninstalling limwire 3.6.15
altogether, or will i have to re-download limewire 3.6.15.

i have found that the beta version consistently mucks up the
searches, so much so that i can only run one search
at a time.

i checked out the vendor versions, but again, this search confusion occurred across a variety of vendor versions w/o any
noticeable pattern.

cheers
s