Bearshare not responding :(

**Pimpernelle** · October 8th, 2011, 05:30 AM

Hello people (this is like my first attempt at these forum things, so please 'Bear' with me ;) )
I'm having trouble with my bearshare. I downloaded it about two years ago with no troubles, Absolutely Love that site & th music I had on it. About 6 mnths ago I tried uploading a so fresh CD (I don't know if that is related to th problem or not) but it never uploaded & I've never been able to get my bearshare working eva since :( .... Every time I open th program, it says "Bearshare not responding" .... If I'm lucky I have just enough time to drag '1' song to a usb to play it. Please can some1 help me, I miss my bearshare Sooo Much!! ... I have been looking for answers on th internet but th answers I've found have been kinda unhelpful .... So I thought maybe if I interact on a forum, I might get better feed back. :) Thankyou & I really hope someone can help me.:icon_scratch:

**RACKnRAIL** · October 8th, 2011, 08:25 AM

Have you been in a coma? I didn't know anyone still used bearshare in this decade.

Try Soulseek. It's from around the same time, but still works, amazingly.

**mfgbypooter** · October 8th, 2011, 08:38 AM

Have you tried going to their website and downloading a new copy and then doing a fresh install?

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**Pimpernelle** · October 9th, 2011, 05:25 AM

Yes I have tried that ;) Thankyou ...& it doesn't even uninstall properly :/

**Pimpernelle** · October 9th, 2011, 05:31 AM

Rack'n'Rail ~ Hahaha, probably ..... Anyway, yeah I'll try that .... I did try Imesh .....but exactly th same thing. Mind you I've never been able to uninstall bearshare properly either :/ It just won't dissapear ?? But thankyou, I'll look up Soulseek & give that a go ;)

**Pimpernelle** · October 9th, 2011, 05:33 AM

You can tell I'm new at these forums :/ Sorry bout th doubles lol

**mfgbypooter** · October 9th, 2011, 05:38 AM

Have you tried using torrents?

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**Pimpernelle** · October 9th, 2011, 06:09 AM

Rack'n'Rail ~ I downloaded Soulseek .... but I've NO IDEA how to use it .... can't seem to figure how to download anything, let alone play it :(

**Pimpernelle** · October 9th, 2011, 08:06 AM

Yeah I did try using torrents 'Once' but still very confused :/ .... I need something simple, or a tutor LOL

**w31n3r** · October 9th, 2011, 02:54 PM

http://www.zeropaid.com/news/6184/ut...downloading-2/

check that out. as an aside, what exactly happens when you try to download? if both bearshare and imesh don't work, it could be a firewall issue more than anything else...

**Pimpernelle** · October 10th, 2011, 07:10 AM

Thankyou 'x31n3r' .... I did end up downloading Soulseek Ok, it downloads music great but it's not th same set-up & seems ONLY for getting th music & has no playlists type thing to play from, it all goes into another file. So yeah, I still want my bearshare back, lol. I'll check that link out you gave me & see if I can sort it ;) Thankyou.

**RUNT66** · November 30th, 2011, 02:12 PM

If you like music , the old bearshare is very good ;

the search results are all genuine with no virus results .

Pirate limewire , frostwire , winmx 4.9.0 and the original winmx are all giving very large numbers of virus search results .

**Jorge** · November 30th, 2011, 02:39 PM

@Pimpernelle Take a look at this link http://www.zeropaid.com/cat/guides/

There are several guides that might be able to help you with your recent problems. Click around, there is a large numbers of guides in that section.