I found a wonderful LimeWire user who had in his or her share folder a huge source of magazine articles. ... I downloaded some, but then this user had to go offline, as he or she had every right to do. ... My problem is that I cannot seem to find a way to pause ALL downloads. ... I mean, every time I start up LimeWire, all of these requested downloads -- and there are about a hundred of them -- begin to be searched out for uploaders by the LimeWire network, and any new downloads I'd like to make have to wait and wait and wait.

I'm intuitive about software, but I have not been able to figure out how to place all these requested downloads on hold all at once, and I'd like not to delete any of these requests.

Would anyone be so kind as to tell me what I need to do here with my LimeWire v4.6?

On a mac you select one file then scroll down to the other end of the others you want to pause & whilst holding down the SHIFT key select the last on the list. This will select all together then you press the Pause button. That will have simultaneous effect. For windows I'll have to get a windows user to answer this.

Ah ..... the SHIFT key!!!

Thanks to both of you for your help!