Download help Thread

I have been trying to get into mods for some time and have visited this site often but whenever I download a mod its unusable it says EXE when im trying to download but when I get the file its just a file and can not be used its not a EXE or EXECUTABLE it just called a file and my computer cant use it and often I have to use other sites that download as the application

I am not sure if this makes sense so I will shorten it

the files I get from this site are useless and not installers why is that

There is a chance that the correct files are being downloaded, but for some reason they get saved to your machine with a strange name. If you are familiar with md5 hashes, you can check if a certain file was successfully downloaded using the md5 hash shown in the download page. If the download was successful, then you only need to rename the file to the name mentioned in the download page (make sure you add the correct file extension).

What mods are you trying to play? For what game? As fva said, make sure that the files have been downloaded correctly, especially if they are huge. Also, try different mirrors.