Well thank you.... but I may be full of beans. I 've been hoping some moderator will come along and correct any thing I have said wrong.

I just sent them a letter with a link to my big post, and the thread itself...

but I got an automated reply saying that since I am using free version and the volume of mail they get, that I will probably not receive a personal response ... bla bla..

You have a mac... I truly don't know, ( I wish I did) anything about mac. I was raised a window lemming..

For your safety, If you will be using limewire again to get that "special" song or 2 or 9....

Make sure you know what folder or folders are being shared in limewire and that you do not have personal data in them or in a subfolder of them.
If your limewire has been taken over by Windows media player, (or another proprietary application) this may not be the same folder your songs are downloading to...

Nor may it be the same folder that you specified during set up... So make sure specify which folder for sharing. And go back and double check from time to time in case another music program tries to take over and change it.

With you having a Mac, I am given to understand that you are safer than Windows folks, Most predators target windows vulnerabilities.

My McAree firewall showed some strange looking attempts that apparently did make it through my (router firewall) probably because a connection was open for the file sharing but anyway this did worry me.

I am wandering off subject.. This thread is about "completed downloads suddenly being sent to a totally different folder than they had been when limewire was installed. and I am still.... crossing my fingers that someone will come along and help.

silky