Aaron; thank you for the advice. I can now share about 1000 music files with others.
Have a sparkling day!
itsbrkn

Hi, I'm new to BearShare. A friend of mine told me about it, he has the old version. I downloaded v6 and now know the issues with v6. As a new user is it possible to download the old version.

read the first post in this thread and try out the expired beta version and use the bearstart utility to run it....make sure to read all of this thread for hints on how to configure and get the fullest out of it

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So Long and Thanks for All the Files
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It works! Thanks to you all!

This thread ROCKS! Thanks for a ton of help on getting my 'ol BS back online.

BUT! There seems to be a new problem. When I search for a particular file, say an mp3, the one that has the most sources automatically is "downloaded" -- but not by me! The program automatically is doing it, making it impossible to choose the file with the most sources and forcing me to have to choose a file that will take longer to dload.

Did I make myself understood? What's going on here??

- Ol BS Guy

I did it all, Reset system using goback, then changed the date on my computer to refelct an earlier time when the old bearshare worked. Now bearshare works !! Help !! I love to Share !!

BearShare doesn't automatically download any files that show up in searches. If
that file showed up in green lettering before you selected any for download, it's
because you already have that exact same file, even if it has a different filename.

Right-click the column headings in the the Search, Downloads and Library views
and enable the SHA1 column so you can search your folders and can tell which
file it is.

I'm not sure you understand completely what I am saying. When I input what I am searching for ([edit]), the prog searches for mp3's that fall under that criteria. I am saying that SOMETHING is AUTOMATICALLY making it impossible to dload the file that has the most sources BECAUSE ITS ALREADY DLOADED. I didn't do it, and that file is not in existance on my computer. The program did it, in other words.

Anyone else experience something similar??

- Ol BS User
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I am really confused lol about whitch version of BS is the best or most sercured etc.
Can some one just give me a version that would be best pretty please?

I am running windows vista home premium, but i wud like it to be able to run on my laptop whitch is running on windows xp pro.maybe if its ok on my xp laptop i may put it onto my vista laptop.

Oh and the older versions, they are still safe arnt they?

Cheers all.
Jme.

Yes, and they work best on XP because Vista is not recognized as a valid version,
so BearShare reverts to Win9x settings.

The beta in the first post of this thread is the best one of all.