Now that WINmx is shut down, where are ppl going for dld's?
Limewire seems much quieter (for me anyway). I started using WINmx because I could get a lot more files for tv shows.

Probably because it's multinetwork & uses a different network for those types of files. See http://www.vladd44.com/phpbb2/viewforum.php?f=1 for help for winmx.

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Thanks for the info, LOTR. I will try to do this later when I have more time but I did click through to 'hosts' file...I opened that and it brings up a window that says "what program do you want to use to open the file" or something like that...what do I do? Thanks!

Sorry I misunderstood your post. I thought you were looking for winmx help. I'm not totally understanding your question. Is it you've downlded a video file & the system doesn't know which program to open it with? I always keep VLC - (click on link) __ (choose nearest mirror site) handy, if only as a backup player it is very handy as it has in-built codecs & plays almost every file out there. Easier than trying to find the correct specific codec for a particular file.

Location of downlds? Default location is: C:\Documents and Settings\"your account name"\Shared

But you can go to LW's Library window & select Saved Files & press Explore button & this will open the LW downld folder for you.

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Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
640 K [of computer memory] ought be enough for anybody. -- Bill Gates (1981)
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. -- Albert Einstein
When facts don't fit the theory, change the facts. -- Albert Einstein
Religion keeps the poor from murdering the rich. -- Napoleon Bonaparte
The important thing is not to stop questioning. -- Albert Einstein
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. -- Albert Einstein
"A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians." -- Frank Zappa
"Tobacco is my favorite vegetable." / "May your sh*t come to life and kiss you on the face." / "Scientology, how about that? You hold on to the tin cans and then this guy asks you a bunch of questions, and if you pay enough money you get to join the master race. How's that for a religion?" / "Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff." / "There are three things that smell of fish. One of them is fish. The other two are growing on you!" / "Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny." / "The creation and destruction of harmonic and 'statistical' tensions is essential to the maintenance of compositional drama. Any composition (or improvisation) which remains consonant and 'regular' throughout is, for me, equivalent to watching a movie with only 'good guys' in it, or eating cottage cheese." / "Remember there's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over." / "The most important thing to do in your life, is to not interfere with somebody else's life." / "Rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, in order to provide articles for people who can't read." -- Frank Zappa
"The music business is a cruel and shallow trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." - Hunter S. Thompson
The shy can light the dull dark room with life when their eyes mirror their inner sunrise - LOTR

LOTR,

You were right the first time. That link helped me. Here is the page I'm referring to:

http://www.vladd44.com/mx/peercaches.php

I followed the steps up to step 7...("7. You will see a file named hosts. Rename it to Originalhosts as a backup.") but didn't do the rename yet. I opened the "hosts" file and that's when it brought up the "what program to use to open..."

I guess I'm scared to actually follow through all the way - I don't know what I'm doing and I'm afraid I'll mess up. Thanks!