If you can't find your .minecraft folder you can always run minecraft and go into the mods and texturepacks option, from there open up the texture packs and go back a folder or two, then you have all of your files for minecraft where you can Enjoy to your hearts desire. :biggrin.gif:
Hope that helps and enjoy your modding if you can get it to work.
i know how it goes
1. search %appdata%
2. Roaming and .Minecraft/saves/ should apear
but windows 7 starter won't let me mod Minecraft
i have even tried open Minecraft.exe with winrar, and i still can't mod anything
(oh yeah i may seem like a n00b since i have the rank "Out of the Water", i usaly use more time on Minecraft than i use the time on the forums)
Hope that helps and enjoy your modding if you can get it to work.