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Don't worry Maeve. You got this. This might explain a little more than I, and mighta got you all the info you needed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eULN9ZAbIX0 but you asked Could someone please tell me how to safely download winAVR so I can use it to re-program the chip sure safely download winavr https://sourceforge.net/projects/winavr/files/latest/download Someone said use notepad the notepad program they keep talking about ( maybe you dont need it cause it may already be built in to winavar....