Thank you thank you thank you! theunusualsuspect youve done a great job in helping me cheers buddy, i got the bitcomet 0.70 file from megaupload ( a pop up window on this site blocked me viewing the validation field!..this was the first time id ever had to validate getting software also so guanzaboy go take your medication for anger) i extracted the .rar file with winace ( i got from download.com) and have bitcomet running again hurray :), just so u know ive trial winrar before and dont think its worth paying for..very few files i download are in rar format so to play a tiny number of files isnt worth buying winrar, 99.9% of the software i use is free..like bitcomet..simply add adverts to your programme to make some money, bitcomets better than bearshare, kazaa, limewire, morpheus and others ive tried..but please whoever writes the code..test it next time version 0.72 should never have been released in that state! so again theunusualsuspect huge respect to you for helping me youve been great cheers mate