i haev music in my folder that says it can be downloaded by other users but when i go to search for it nothing comes up

You cant your own shared files in our own search. That does not mean that they aren't being shared. If you have no firewall blocking i.e. no brick wall, then the files you share should be easily accessible.

i don't get it though, how do i share music?

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That should help.

they don't show up for other people though...

& i have them in my shared folder

:[ help?

How are you so certain they do not show up for other people?

Which version of LW are you using?

LW was designed not to find the user's own shared files on their computer in a gnutella search.

For music, best way to make them more visible to others is to give them a very good description. If you have an mp3 id3 tagger then use that. Else you can use description adding in LW. Tips here: How to Share Folders (click on link) - check the sub-links. This has not been updated for LW 5 users yet, but most of the same principles apply for description adding. Adding id3 tags & descriptions means some of those details will be tagged & help the file to be found.

Whether using LW 4 or 5, right-click top of heading bar (top of columns) & choose show Hits, Uploads & Attempted Uploads in p2p & library windows in LW 5, and Library window in LW 4. Hits will tell you how many people have found those files in their searches. Uploads are obviously uploads. Attempted Uploads is where they uploaded part of the file & either dropped off or obtained the remainder of the file from another source.

Are you certain the files are actually being shared? In LW 4 Library window they will be coloured black if shared (red means not shared). In LW 5, a number next to share will show in Library window. And the p2p window will have a tick next to the file if shared.

i'm using LW4 & when i go to my library all of the supposed shared files are black

i had my friends go on limewire and search DJ 609 [i'm a DJ] and only one of my mixes came up where there should be a lot more

i wasn't connected at the time so i thought maybe that had something to do with it so i tried again tonight with some other friends and the same thing happened...

One point is a person cannot search the entire network, only a portion in a single search. More on this here http://www.gnutellaforums.com/limewi...tml#post332858
With LW 4, you can either have them attempt to direct connect, else give them a magnet link. In that way they can download that file, browse your files from the upload window IF you have Chat enabled. (Point 3 in the link I gave in my post #7 above about having chat enabled for sharing purposes.)

That is a harder way to go about it though.

As suggested in my previous post, as much description for your files as possible is best. (Point 2 in the link I gave in my post above.) Have you id3 tagged your music? Have you given them special tags that might possibly identify you? Just some ideas for you to try. The more tags you provide, the more chance of searching via those tags will give to the files being found in searches by others. And generally increases chances of those files being found in searches.

Have you checked the upload & hits columns in the Library window to see if in fact any files have been found in searches & uploaded? Right-click the heading bar to add those columns if they do not already exist.

heading bar?