Aparently the launcher is fixed now, but for those of you that aren't seeing the .minecraft folder, be sure that you have hidden files enabled in windows/winrar, specifically ones that start with . Obviously.
Ah, ill reinstall the launcher then and try.
And im using a Mac, not windows, but i assumed the process was the same.
Edit:
I reinstalled the launcher and deleted the files in my app directory so it was 100% new, and its still not working >.<
It gets about half way done with "installing mods" after i hit the "launch" button, and then stops suddenly and continues to the splash screen. No mods are loaded, not even forge (which is whats been happening the whole time). I guess ill wait a bit and hope somethings fixed haha