i added the items to my shared folder they went red and after 30 seconds the turned black one by one
my problem is how come no one can search for it?
i tried to search for the files from another computer on a different network (files were on my computer in my house----- i was on computer in apartment ----- 2 different places)
does anyone know what to do?
if it helps the files that i downloaded are searchable and they can be uploaded from that computer but the files i added manually are not searchable
btw im using vista if that makes a diffferece and im going throught a very powerful firewall

Can't search your own shared files as LW was not designed to download from itself. Why you couldn't find them on another network is a complicated one, since LW can only search a % of the entire gnutella network, otherwise each search would take hours to finish & would slow the gnutella network down. Best way would be to create magnet links, attempt to download those from another network/computer, then see what the status is. How to use Magnet Links & Direct Connect