As you can see in the picture the pd_extended patches are only visible from inside the program if i press the open button. If i try to copy them from here the computer tells me they are not in this placement. This is kind of annoying because I have to turn in an exam tomorrow which requires me to include the patches as well. Anybody have any experience with this and know any way to fix it? Reinstalling the program is kind of out of the question if I can not backup the patches

@StudentScaredOfDebt You mean your patches?
If you have made some and just clicked save without changing directory they are probably in the Pd/bin folder.
If they are not there, then open Pd...... open your patch...... and go to the topmenubar and click "File" "save as" and the os window that opens should show where you have been saving them.
Otherwise...... windows search tool...... open file location...?
David.