[MiKTeX] Where shall I store downloaded packages so MikTex find them automatically ?

[seb_kramm <seb...@ya...>]

Hello all,

I am rather new at Latex and have chosen MikTex and TexnicCenter (under MS) as a 
starting point. I have a problem with installing new packages:

I downloaded a package from CTAN, that wasn't originally included (latin modern), put 
it into a "downloaded_packages" folder for the moment, and extracted the archive.

Now, how do I tell Miktex (2.5) where the package is ??
I choose "Package shall be installed from a directory", but where shall I point to ? 
What folder in the tree build when unzipping the archive ?

Of course, I could try'em all, but, something particularly annoying, you have to 
restart the whole path exploration by hand, no way to paste the path directly in the 
message box !

Or is there a place where I can copy the tree so it can find it alone ?

Anyhow, thank you all for the great tool !