thanks for your reply. however, i cannot get the filter to work. i have tried searching for the filename using the search utility, but i'm not sure of the exact filename i am searching for? is the file just called ".htaccess"? all that exists in the 'files' folder is another folder 'master', which when i click on it is empty. i have tried searching for *.htaccess but nothing is produced in the search result.

/htdocs/files/master

The .htaccess file is just a simple text file. You can create it using notepad/wordpad and just upload it to the correct directory. You'll need to rename it on the server to .htaccess.

Many thanks Balinor, that has solved my problem. :D

I'm brand new to X-Cart, doing work on a store that sells products for which there can be an arbitrary number of MP3 or other demos. The example in the manual makes it seem like I would need to add a number of extra fields to handle however many demos a given product might have. Am I misunderstanding that?

Another approach I thought might work would be to copy the detailed images bits of X-Cart to make a general "media file" module. Has anyone done something like that?

Thanks,
Stefan