I can no longer download files that I could before
 

Hi I am new to his forum and limewire, and I am having problem downloading files even though I downloaded a bunch a couple days ago.

I am trying to download the collection of ***** tools, and the first day I started I downloaded a bunch of them, but know when I search and find them I never can end up downloading them.

After selecting the fies for download they just end up saying awaiting sources, and nothing every downloads. Even if I try reseum and find sources it just counts done and goes back to awaiting sources.

A couple started downloading but then stopped all of a sudden, does anyone know why?

Was it because I accidently had no shared files at first, so people wouldn't let me download from them? If so how can I fix this so I can download again.

Thanks so much for any help you guys can provide.

What's with the double-posting? Please have a read of this Forum Rules (click here)

The answers are already on the forum. See the search button above, do you know what it's for? There's an FAQ button above which explains what these button mean. There's also a Sticky thread at the top of this section which has a link to your answer.

Also see How to Share Folders (click on link)

Sorry about the double post but I just wasn't sure if anyone would respond in that sectin then I saw this one.

And yes I used the search but I did everyhting that was said and it still happens. I wasn;t sharing any files before and it was working but stopped. So I allowed uploading but it still doesnt work, and the files just saw awaiting sources indefinately.

It sounds as though there's limited sources for the particular files you're after. Awaiting sources means you can't connect to them because they're either not online at present (some people only use LW at certain times such as in the eveningin their part of the workd or on weekends, etc.), or there's too much traffic between you & them to get a connection, or they don't have any upload slots or bandwidth left over for you to connect to, or the peers you're connecting thru just can't seem to connect to them. Perhaps closing LW & reopening or trying at a different time or day. For files that aren't common, you may need to wait some time before the opportunity presents itself to reconnect to them. There's also some gnutella clients out there that tend to have those rarer files but are very difficult to connect to because they connect to more than one network & often don't allow much bandwidth or slots for gnutella. There's also those with lots of popular files but because they are popular their bandwidth or upload slots get taken by others. So you need to be patient. The network is very dynamic it changes all the time. One moment you connect to someone & they show 4 stars. Perhaps 10 mins later you browse them again & they only show one or 2 stars. This can happen due to the above reasons. If there's a source with many files I'm after, I'll make a note of their ip address & attempt to direct connect to them at a later times.

Have you tried to browse them? Sometimes doing a search for that type of file you're after & browsing someone with similar files can get results.