HOW TO INSTALL ADDONS

The XML, TOC, LUA, BLP, TGA or whatever other files you find in the downloaded archive need to be in the right place, which is:

<warcraft directory>\Interface\Addons\<AddonName>\

So, for an addon called "InstallMe" you should find the following files in the following locations:

<warcraft directory>\Interface\Addons\InstallMe\InstallMe.toc <warcraft directory>\Interface\Addons\InstallMe\InstallMe.xml <warcraft directory>\Interface\Addons\InstallMe\InstallMe.lua

If you have any of the files in the Addons directory (rather than a subdirectory named after the addon) then it won't load.

what if there isnt an Addon button on my character login what do i do

it still doesnt show addons on my character login

You guys rock...dudes...I was so fustrated about adons not working...Now I really do get it...Thank you so much for the information ...I echo you c-town....only I spent a couple days before starting my account....again you guys rock:)

follow what they say....download outside of the folder and extract into the addon's folder. from like say your desktop.....it does work...the addon button appears...I was so supprised...

Make sure you place addons in the directory: wow_installpath/interface/addons/<addon>

just put them in your wow directory /interface/addons

I already have adddons in my addons folder. Which I can see once I login and click my addons button. But currently I have downloaded some new addons I want to try and when I login and go to my addons, none of my new downloads - addons - are showing up! I've tried new and old addons. nothing seems to work!

What on earth can I be doing wrong?

Make 100% absolutely certain you've extracted them correctly, preserving folder structures and putting them in the right place (an addon called MyAddon must have it's lua/xml/toc files in WoWDir\Interface\Addons\MyAddon\, not WoWDir\Interface\Addons\MyAddon.toc or WoWDir\Interface\Addons\MyAddon\MyAddon\MyAddon.toc or even WoWDir\Interface\Addons\Interface\Addons\MyAddon\MyAddon.toc).

AKA, read the posts further up this thread for more details.

I dont understand how you get to the World of Warcraft folder. Can someone like do screenshots or something for me? haha. i dont know how to get to it even with people explaining it. i searched for the files some people posted and i get no results for them. i have no clue how to do this so can someone help?