[theob5]

I ran it and when it talked about the destination folder, I put c:\srcds
Then I ran cmd and did the whole

C:
cd \srcds
hldsupdatetool

[Drunken F00l]

Do start->run and just type C:\srcds. What's in that folder? Anything at all?

[theob5]

yes:

appdir.txt
HldsUpdateTool_20.mst
Install.txt
ClientRegistry.blob
hldsupdatetool_readme.txt
UNWISE
Hldsupdatetool
FortressForever folder
bin with sourceop dll in it

[Drunken F00l]

So everything that is srcds is missing. You must have skipped step 2 or did it incorrectly.

[theob5]

I keep repeating all the steps exactly as they put it in the guide, but for some reason, I'm always missing the srcds.exe

[Drunken F00l]

When you run hldsupdatetool, pay attention to what the output is.

[theob5]

The output is always the srcds and in fact, I just deleted my srcds folder and started from scratch.
I ran the updated to c:/srcds and the exe STILL doesn't come up.

[Drunken F00l]

That's because when you run hldsupdatetool, you are doing something wrong.

When at the command line, run:
hldsupdatetool -command update -game hl2mp -dir C:\srcds

Pay close attention to the output of that program. If it says Checking bootstrapper version and then says updating to version 20 (which it will the first time that you run it), you will have to run the above command again.

[theob5]

are you sure I enter hl2mp? I'm making a Fortress Forever server.

[Drunken F00l]

Yes. You have to install FortressForever on top of the srcds base. Installing hl2mp will give you that base.