There are number of different buttons, toolbars and menus
on Kazaa Media Desktop (KMD). Here are some short descriptions
of what each item does. We’ll start in the top left hand corner of ‘The Classic’ Kazaa
Media Desktop (no skin) and move across to the right.
File
File > Connect
If Kazaa Media Desktop is not connected click on ‘Connect’. ‘Connect’ will
be greyed out if you are lready connected.
File > Disconnect
If you would like to disconnect Kazaa Media Desktop for any reason, click on ‘Disconnect’.
Disconnect will be greyed out if you are not connected.
File > New P2P Search
Clicking on ‘New P2P Search’ opens up a new search window.
File > Close
Clicking on ‘Close’ will minimize Kazaa Media Desktop to your
system tray. The program will continue running in the background.
View
Use the view menu to switch between views.
View > Web
Displays Kazaa Media Desktop’s built in web browser.
View > My Kazaa
Displays the ‘My Kazaa’ view. Use the ‘My Kazaa’ view to manage and access your files.
View > Theater
Displays the ‘Theater’ view. Use Theater to view images
and videos.
View > Search
Displays the ‘Search’ view. Use this view to search for
files.
View > Traffic
Displays the ‘Traffic’ view. Use the traffic view to
monitor the progress of your downloads and uploads.
View > Shop
Displays The Kazaa Media Desktop shop.
Player
Use the ‘Player’ menu to control the Kazaa Media Desktop built-in media player. There are six options in the menu. They are; ‘Play’, ‘Pause’, ‘Stop’, ‘Previous’, ‘Next’ and ‘Mute’.
Favorites
The ‘Favorites’ menu is a list of your Internet Favorites. The ‘Favorites’ listed in Kazaa Media Desktop are the same as your ‘Favorites’ in Internet Explorer.
Adding a new favorite is easy. Simply go to the ‘Web’ view, type the URL of the site you want to visit into the address bar and hit the enter key. When the site appears, click on Favorites-> Add to Favorites.
A new ‘Favorite’ added in Kazaa Media Desktop will also appear in Internet Explorer. A new ‘Favorite’ added
in Internet Explorer will also appear Kazaa Media Desktop.
Tools
Tools > Tell A Friend About Kazaa Media Desktop
Send an email to a friend telling them about
Kazaa Media Desktop.
Tools > Clear Web History
Clears the URLs in the address bar drop down list in ‘Web’ view.
Tools > Clear P2P Search History
Clears the keywords in ‘Search For’ drop down list in ‘Search’ view.
Tools > Options
Allows you to modify the settings of Kazaa
Media Desktop. Read Changing
Your Settings.
Actions
The items in the ‘Actions’ menu change depending on
what view you are in. Find out more
about the different views.
When you are in the ‘Web’ view, the actions are ‘Back’, ‘Forward’, ‘Stop’, ‘Refresh’ and ‘Home’.
When you are in the ‘My Kazaa’ view, the actions are ‘Play/View’, ‘Integrity Rating’, ‘Add to Playlist’, ‘Start Sharing’, ‘Delete’, ‘Locate File’, ‘Save As’, ‘Edit Details’ and ‘Find More From Same’.
When you are in the ‘Theater’ view there is only one action, ‘Find More From Same’.
When you are in the ‘Search’ view, the actions are ‘Download’, ‘Download and Open’, ‘Add to Playlist’, ‘Find More From Same’, ‘Back’, ‘Forward’ and ‘Close Tabs’.
When you are in the ‘Traffic’ view, the actions are ‘Preview/Play’, ‘Pause ’, ‘Resume Download’, ‘Cancel Download’, ‘Cancel All Downloads’, ‘Clear Downloads and Erroneous’, ‘Cancel All Uploads’, ‘Clear Uploaded and Erroneous’, ‘Add to Playlist’ and ‘Find More From Same’.
Help
Help > Contents of Help Takes you to the Kazaa Media
Desktop Guide.
Help > License
Displays the End User License Agreement
Help > Contact Us
Tells you how to contact Shaman Networks.
Help > Get More Skins
Takes you to the ‘Download more skins’ page.
Help > About Kazaa Media Desktop
Displays the details about the version
of Kazaa Media Desktop you are using.
There are nine buttons on the tool bar.
Web
The ‘Web’ view contains the Kazaa Media Desktop web pages which display digitally rights managed downloads on the ‘Start’, ‘Audio’, ‘Games’, ‘Software’ and ‘Video’ pages.
User information is available, such as this guide.
You can also access the ‘Search’ and ‘Browse’ Channels via the ‘Channel Directory’ page, or directly from the Web view once you have ‘Added Channel’.
Channels allow you search and/or browse third party websites
or databases to find content that may not be available
via P2P search. Read more
about channels.
You can also use the browser in ‘Web’ view to surf the
web.
My Kazaa
Displays the ‘My Kazaa’ view. Manage and access your files
here.
Theater
Use ‘Theater’ view to view images and videos.
Search
Displays the ‘Search’ view. Search P2P or Web for files
or data.
Traffic
Displays the ‘Traffic’ view. Use the ‘Traffic’ view to
monitor the progress of your downloads and uploads.
Shop
Displays the Kazaa Media Desktop shop.
Tell a Friend About Kazaa Media Desktop
Send an email to a friend telling them about Kazaa Media Desktop.
The ‘Channel Bar’ is located directly underneath the main Kazaa Media Desktop
window.
The ‘Channel Directory’ displays all the channels with links to add ‘Search Channels’ and ‘Browse Channels’. Once added, shortcuts to ‘Browse Channels’ are displayed along this bar and can be accessed at any time. Search Channels appear in ‘Search’ view. Browse channels appear in ‘Web’ view.
Once added from the ‘Channel Directory’, both Browse and Search Channels
can be managed from the menu accessed from the small green triangle to the
far left of the Channel Bar. Read more about
Channels.
