Depending upon the items you are looking for and the amount of files shared available during your session, it may take WinMX a while to show you the search results. You do not have to wait for the process to complete if you have other items to search for. Just click on "Open New Search" to open another window. The following screen shows three items to look for: "Jennifer Lopez", "Spiderman", and "Adobe Premiere Pro". WinMX highlights the current search window. You can go to other search window at any moment. To stop an on-going search, click "Stop". If you want to close a search window, click "Close".

The following options are available in the Transfer window from the context right-click menu as shown below.

Cancel.
If the status is waiting for incoming connection, this option cancels the current download request. WinMX will wait for the minimum interval value specified in the item's AFS (Auto Find Sources) and look for other users who may offer this file to download.

Clear.
This option terminates the downloading process for this item. If the file was partially downloaded, its contents are saved in the incoming folder and the download process can be resumed later.

Delete File.
This option terminates the downloading process for this item and deletes the partial downloaded contents, if any. Once deleted, if you change your mind and want the file again, you will have to start the download process from the beginning so exercise caution when deleting files.

Find Sources Now.
This option forces WinMX to look for the file immediately instead of waiting for the interval specified in the item's AFS value.

AFS (Auto Find Sources).
This is the minimum interval WinMX will wait before attempting to find the file you are downloading again in case the download process is aborted or interrupted for whatever reason. A good number is from 10 to 15 minutes since the availability of popular files are unpredictable on file-sharing networks. If you set a small value here (every minute), you are wasting computer resources and chances are good that you are not doing better than setting at 15-minute interval.

AEQ (Auto Enter queue).
Some queues are long (100 or more, this means that there are 100 persons ahead of you waiting for the file offered by this user) due to possible two main reasons: 1) the file is popular or well-sought after, 2) more importantly, the people waiting in the queue do get their turn and their wanted file from this user. Here is the dilemma. If setting a small value, you seem to get into a shorter queue quickly, but eventually you may get cancelled out. Setting a larger value will get you into a longer queue with more waiting time, but you may get the file you need. Experiment with your connection speed and what you have to offer.