C:UsersYouAppDataRoaming.minecraft
or %AppData%.minecraft
~/.minecraft
~/Library/Application Support/minecraft
.minecraft
folder you can do the following:.minecraft/mods
folder and simply put your zipped/rarred/downloaded file there. (once again don't extract it just place it there as you downloaded it.)META-INF
and placing the files is not the way to install mods anymore. The new Minecraft launcher prevents modification of the actual game files, because it simply re-downloads them if they have changed.Mods
button, then Forge is ready to go!LifeInTheWoods.zip
file into the new .minecraft/mods
folder, run the game, and viola!