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Updated:

This page has been updated on 2011-09-09 for the release of Shareaza v2.5.5.0.

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Default settings of Shareaza 2.5.3.0

General

• General
  • Auto-connect on Shareaza startup: checked
  • Start Shareaza at Windows startup: checked
  • Show a prompt before opening URIs: checked
  • Show rates in: bytes/second

• Downloads
  • Expand new downloads by default: unchecked
  • Display simple progress bar: unchecked

• Search
  • Expand multi-source files by default: unchecked
  • Switch to Transfers view on download: checked
  • Hide side bar when starting search: unchecked
  • Filter adult content from searches: unchecked

• Tooltips
  • All checkable elements: checked
  • Delay: 600ms
  • Opacity: (slider: value = 230/255)

• Tray
  • When I click close: Ask Me (Note: Minimizing Shareaza to the tray area is the most logical choice here if you wish Shareaza to operate even if you are not actively monitoring it at the moment.)
  • When I click minimise: Normal

Library

• Remember Folder Views: checked
• Watch library folders: checked
• Allow others to browse Shares: checked (Turning off this feature hurts the community while not offering any extra security.)
• Quick hashing (Uses more CPU): unchecked (Turn this on if you have a fast PC.)
• Create ghost files when deleting: checked
• Smart video series detection: checked

• Recent Files
  • Remember: 32 files
  • For up to: 3 days

• Safe to open: 3gp, 7z, aac, ace, ape, avi, bmp, co, collection, flv, gif, iso, jpeg, jpg, lit, m1v, m2v, m3u, m4a, mid, mkv, mov, mp2, mp3, mp4, mpa, mpe, mpeg, mpg, ogg, ogm, pdf, png, qt, rar, rm, sks, tar, tgz, torrent, txt, wav, wma, wmv, zip

• Never share: ---, !ut, ###, $$$, __incomplete__, ~~~, bak, bc!, chk, dbx, fb!, getright, inf, infodb, ini, jc!, js, lnk, log, m4p, manifest, met, old, part, partial, pif, pst, racestats, reget, sd, temp, tmp, url, vbs, wab

• Store Collections Here: %appdata%\Shareaza\Collections
  Note that %appdata% is a replacement for the application data folder, which has a different location for each user of a computer.

Media Player

• Options
  • Use the Shareaza Media Player to PLAY the file types listed below: checked
  • Use the Shareaza Media Player to ENQUEUE the file types listed below: checked
    (Turn off both if you want to use another Media Player to play your media files and previews.)

• Media Handling
  • Choose Media Handler: Shareaza Media Player
    (This item of the drop-down list selects the Shareaza Media Player plugin as media handler.)

• File Types: aif, aifc, aiff, asf, asx, au, avi, cda, m1v, m3u, mid, midi, mp2, mp3, mpa, mpe, mpeg, mpg, rmi, snd, wav, wax, wma, wmv, wmx, wvx

• Audio Visualisation Plugin:
  • As of version 2.5.3.0, there are no visualisation plugins to select.

Community

• My Profile
  • The Edit my Profile button allows to access the Profile Window.

• Chat
  • Enable peer to peer chat with compatible clients: checked
  • Enable chat over other protocols (where possible): checked
  • Filter chat messages for spam: checked
  • Censor profanity in chat: unchecked

Chat

• Client Options
  • Show chat integration: checked
  • Flood protection: checked
    24 lines per second
  • Show timestamp: checked
  • Screen Font: Tahoma

• Colors
  • Server messages: blue (0, 0, 244)
  • Topics: rose (200, 100, 120)
  • Channel Actions: green (0, 144, 0)
  • Notices: red (244, 0, 0)
  • Chat background: white (248, 248, 248)
  • Text: black (0, 0, 0)

• Connection Settings
  • Nickname:
  • Alternate Nickname:
  • Server: shareaza.p2pchat.net
  • User name: razaIRC
  • Real name: razaIRC
  • Port: 6667

Web

• Peer to Peer Link Handling
  • Magnet: checked
  • Gnutella: checked
  • eDonkey: checked
  • Piolet: checked
  • BitTorrent: checked
  • DC++: checked

• Download Manager
  • Use Shareaza to manage all my web downloads: checked
  • 7z, ace, arj, bin, exe, fml, grs, gz, hqx, iso, lzh, mp3, msi, r0, rar, sit, tar, tgz, z, zip

Connection

• Inbound Address
  • Address: Automatic
  • Speed: Real download speed of your connection in KB/s or Kb/s.
  • Port: 6346 You can use any number higher than 1024 not listed  here.
  • Random: unchecked
  • Force binding to this address: unchecked

• Outbound Address
  • Address: Automatic
  • Speed: Real upload speed of your connection in KB/s or Kb/s.

• Options
  • Can accept incoming connections: Auto (Shareaza automatically checks to determine whether it can accept incoming connections.)
  • Ignore private/local IP addresses: checked Do NOT uncheck this if you have a LAN connection to the Internet and want to use Shareaza over the Internet.

• Timeouts
  • Connection: 16 - Don't change this value.
  • Handshake: 45 - Don't change this value.

Download

• Save Complete Files Here: (Default folder depends on the version of Windows you are using.)
• Select AntiVirus: (empty)
• Maximum Files: 20
• Maximum Transfers: 100 (Note that Windows 9x can't handle more than 100 simultaneous connections.)
• Transfers per File: 50
• Bandwidth limit: MAX
• Maximum Queue Length: MAX
• Only download and upload to networks which are connected: checked
• Store Temporary Incomplete Files Here: %appdata%\Shareaza\Incomplete resp. %localappdata%\Shareaza\Incomplete
  (Default folder depends on the version of Windows you are using.)

Uploads

• Share NEW partial downloads: checked
• Limit sharing in hub mode: checked
• Share file previews: checked
• Limit per unique host: 2 (A lower number ensures greater fairness.)

• User-Agent Filter: Default values: "Mozilla", "Fake Shareaza" (Shareaza does not allow uploading to the user-agents listed here.)
• Bandwidth limit: 85% of real upload speed (as set under "Connection") in KB/s or Kb/s. (Note that if set to "MAX", the Manual.Bandwidth Monitor will not reduce the upload anymore.)
• Bandwidth Mode: Average (= less strict) (Maximum = very strict)
• Queues: (To reset all queues to default, simply delete all of them and hit OK.)

Remote Access

• Enable Shareaza Remote Access: unchecked

Gnutella

• Gnutella2 Network
  • Always connect to Gnutella2: checked
  • Connect to Gnutella2 today: checked
  • Mode: Optimal (Set this to "Leaf" if you have a slow computer.)

• Gnutella1 Network
  • Always connect to Gnutella1: unchecked
  • Connect to Gnutella1 today: unchecked
  • Mode: Leaf

• G2 Connections
  • Leaf to Hub: 2 (There is no need to connect to more than 2 Hubs, it will neither improve your search results or speed, not will it increase your download speed.)
  • Hub to Leaf: 300 (This setting should be lowered on slow computers.)
  • Hub to Hub: 6 (More is always better here, but only if you can handle the traffic - which you only can if you have a really fast internet connection.)

• G1 Connections
  • Leaf to Ultrapeer: 3
  • Ultrapeer to Leaf: 50
  • Peer to Peer: 32

• Link compression:
  • Hub to Leaf: checked
  • Leaf to Hub: unchecked
  • Hub to Hub: checked

eDonkey2000

• eDonkey Network:
  • Always connect to eDonkey: unchecked
  • Connect to eDonkey today: unchecked

• Global Searching:
  • Search known remote servers in the server cache: checked
  • Stop Searching after: 100 search results.
  • Receive and update server list from the connected server: checked

• Client Link Connections:
  • Connect to more than: 250 other eDonkey clients. If the connection speed is lower than 100 Kb/s or you are using Windows 9x-ME then default value is 35.

BitTorrent

• Display Additional BitTorrent interface elements: unchecked

• Download Connections:
  • Torrents at once: 3
    (If your connection speed is higher than 2500 Kb/s and you don't have Windows XP SP2 or similar environment then default value is 4, but if your connection speed is lower than 80 Kb/s then default value is 1.)
  • Client Connections: 40. Reduce this number if you have issues crashing.
  • Clear downloaded torrents: unchecked when share ratio reaches: 120%
  • Prefer torrent sources: checked.

• Enable EndGame Mode when completing torrents: checked

• Store Torrents Here: %appdata%/Shareaza/Torrents

• Torrent Creator: <Shareaza install directory>\TorrentWizard.exe
  • Default Tracker: http://tracker.openbittorrent.com/announce

Advanced

• The default values of the Advanced Settings are marked on the Advanced Settings Wiki page. Plz note that all values that differ from their respective default value are marked with an asterisk within Shareaza.