Mods/Installing Forge mods

How to setup Minecraft Forge for single player Minecraft
This is a tutorial for installing the Forge API for minecraft.

Steps:

1. First of all, you need to 'Force Update' Your game to remove any mods installed otherwise we may encounter issues during installation of Forge. You can find the 'Force Update' button by clicking on the 'Options' button on the minecraft launcher. After selecting force update, login and all the files minecraft requires to operate will be redownloaded and installed on your computer.

2. We now need to download Minecraft Forge, The link will be at the bottom of this post.

3. Once Minecraft Forge has downloaded open it with WinRar. (Or a similar program such as 7Zip)

4. You need to close your minecraft after it has force updated.

5. You can get to your .minecraft by clicking the 'Start' button and typing in your search bar '%appdata%' then clicking roaming then clicking .minecraft. For XP users you would use 'run' instead of search.

6. Open the 'bin' folder and open the Minecraft.jar with WinRar. (Or a similar program such as 7Zip)

7. Delete the META-INF folder in the minecraft.jar

8. Right click anywhere in the Minecraft Forge Zip and select 'Select All' or press +  and drag all the files from the Minecraft Forge Zip into the Minecraft.jar. Do not delete the Forge META-INF!

9. After moving all the forge files into the Minecraft jar close both ZIP files.

10. Lets run minecraft to see if we installed it correctly.

11. If you see a button called 'mods' on your menu then Forge has been installed correctly.

12. To install forge compatiable mods please follow the mods installation instructions.

Download Links:
Minecraft Forge 1.4.2: http://files.minecraftforge.net/minecraftforge-universal-6.0.1.341.zip

Minecraft Forge 1.4.4: http://files.minecraftforge.net/minecraftforge-universal-6.3.0.372.zip

Minecraft Forge 1.4.5: http://files.minecraftforge.net/minecraftforge/minecraftforge-universal-1.4.5-6.4.1.436.zip

Minecraft Forge 1.4.6: http://files.minecraftforge.net/minecraftforge/minecraftforge-universal-1.4.6-6.5.0.467.zip

Minecraft Forge 1.4.7: http://files.minecraftforge.net/minecraftforge/minecraftforge-universal-1.4.7-6.6.0.497.zip

Minecraft Forge 1.5: http://files.minecraftforge.net/minecraftforge/minecraftforge-universal-1.5-7.7.0.582.zip

Minecraft Forge 1.5.1: http://files.minecraftforge.net/minecraftforge/minecraftforge-universal-1.5.1-7.7.2.678.zip

Minecraft Forge 1.5.2: http://files.minecraftforge.net/minecraftforge/minecraftforge-universal-1.5.2-7.8.0.684.zip

Older Versions: http://www.minecraftforge.net/forum/index.php/topic,5.0.html