Hi im new and confused - when i download files they appear with no name and extension just 'file'. Im running windows xp.
An example patch which has done this is Gravity 2004-06-21 patches gzip.
Anyone any ideas ?

Perhaps they are not unzipping correctly. A Pd file should look like a normal file with a .pd extension.

For example, drum-machine.pd

Try another way of unzipping them, or grab some files from this forum or my site which are plain something.pd files

When you have a few, start Pd and then load them through the file menu

Fille names or directories should should not have spaces in them.