Hi there, total noob here. Am excited about Pd and the documentation that is provided. There is however 1 thing that I cannot figure out: how do I start pd-extended? I know that pd.exe is in the bin folder but where is pd-extended.exe?????

I;m on a windows machine, btw. But I gues you figured that already

Ah, I missed that crucial remark. Thanks for that. I have now successfully sent and received messages.

(where can I deliver that kiss?)

Yup, found it. THANKS!
I knew I was getting tunnel vision. I have now installed everything exactly as instructed on page
http://en.flossmanuals.net/pure-data/installing/windows/

Rebooted the system to get registry all set. But I get a whole bunch of cannot load message when starting up Pd. Plus, and that's where the trouble started, udpreceive is not working and unpackOSC is not working. Actually nothing is working with OSC. OSC is correctly configured to interact with the laptop as I have checked with Reaper. Tis Pd that's not working.

If you can sort this one out, I'll come over and kiss you!