# Getting files out of WinMX?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-files-out-of-winmx/93952>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 17, 2001, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-files-out-of-winmx/93952 "2001-11-17T16:47:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Daowajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Daowajan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daowajan)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-files-out-of-winmx/93952/1 "2001-11-17T16:47:28Z")

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I hate this program and want to uninstall it. Unfortunately, I have three or four files on it that I really can’t live without. Whenever I search for them in my hard drive, I can’t turn them up. Probably they’re being held on a remote server somewhere. Is there any way to get my files out of WinMX and into my computer?

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**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-files-out-of-winmx/93952/2 "2001-11-17T18:51:35Z")

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WinMX is merely a peer-to-peer file transfer program. If you’ve downloaded the files you were looking for, they are probably still on your hard drive. Try looking in a directory called c:\program files\WinMX\downloads or something similar. I no longer have WinMX installed on my computer but I think that’s the default download directory.

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**Author:** ![Daowajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Daowajan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daowajan)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-files-out-of-winmx/93952/3 "2001-11-17T19:08:23Z")

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Ah! I found them! Thanks anyway.

Now to get rid of WinMX!