The Uploads window will display all of the completed, failed or in-progress files that other people have requested from you. After you set up one or more directories with files to share, and other users have received your search results, they may decide to start downloading your shared files. From here you can control the settings of your uploads, as well as manage the list of uploaded files.
 The SHARING IS ON option is turned on by default when you launch BearFlix. As long as you selected one or more directories with files to be shared during the setup process, you are sharing.
"Sharing off" option: If for some reason you choose not to share your files temporarily, click the "Sharing Is On" button located in the Uploads title bar, and it will change to "Sharing Is Off".
Warning: All uploads in progress will be terminated when you turn sharing off. Please wait until the uploads have finished before you do this.
 MANAGING SHARED FILES: The columns tell the story, and just as in Search and Downloads, you also have the option in Files of adding new columns by right-clicking any column header, and choosing from the menu.
The columns are:
File Name: The name of the file as requested by the client.
Size: This is the size of the requested file. Two values are displayed if the remote host has a portion of the file already. This happens after your server has sent file information, and also if the remote host resumed the transfer. The first value is the amount of data the remote host has. The second is the size of the requested file.
State: This column shows the current state of the upload. There can be many values:
- Response: This means BearFlix is sending a file to another Gnutella servent.
- Queued (x/y): This means the upload is waiting for an upload slot to open. The x value represents that users' place in line, while the y value represents the size of your queue.
- Done: The upload completed successfully.
- OK: The upload was smaller than 64KB, and completed successfully.
- Partial Content: This state means you contributed to a swarm (a download with multiple sources). You uploaded a portion of the file - but not the entire thing - to another Gnutella servent
- Aborted: The user on the other end canceled the download.
Status: This is the status of the transfer. Sorting on the status column will group the transfers logically. When at least one byte of the requested file is sent, the status changes to a percentage indicator. For resumed uploads, this will start off at the percentage of the file the remote computer already has.
Time: For transfers in progress, this is the estimated time until the transfer is done.
If your server is busy, this shows the number of seconds until BearFlix will contact the host and try again.
For other active items, this shows the number of seconds for the current status to change until BearFlix gives up on the transfer.
If this is a completed item, the total elapsed time for the transfer is displayed.
Bandwidth: The amount of bandwidth used by the transfer is shown if the transfer is in progress. If the transfer is complete, this shows the average throughput for the entire transfer.
Host: The IP address of the computer you are uploading to is displayed here. The computer name is displayed when it can be determined if reverse lookup is enabled in the Setup and your DNS server allows reverse lookups.
Version: The type of software the remote server is using is displayed here when it can be determined.
 SORTING: Click on a column header to sort that particular column. The columns start in their default sort order. Clicking once will sort the column in descending order, based on the information in the column. A second click will sort in ascending order. A third click will bring it back to the default sort order.
 UPLOADS MENU: Click once on a file in the uploads list to select it, then right click it to view the uploads menu. This menu provides the following options:
- Play: Opens the shared file using the program appropriate for the file type. You can open files even while they are being transferred. You may also double click an item in the list to open it.
- Explore: Opens the directory containing the shared file using the Windows Explorer. This is a useful shortcut for managing your shared files.
- Clear: This applies only to uploads in green (completed uploads) and red (failed uploads). Clicking this option will remove that upload from the list. Your files are unaffected.
- Clear All: This clears all completed and failed uploads from the list. Your files are unaffected.
- Abort: This aborts an upload in progress. Aborted uploads are counted as failed uploads for purposes of reporting the percentage of successful uploads. It is considered bad form to abort uploads for no good reason. This will abort any upload, whether the file transfer has begun or not, including push uploads that are busy. Aborting an upload does not affect file data already sent to the remote host.
- Abort All: This aborts all transfers in progress.
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