Thank you so much this is the problem durp durp. But a friend of mine used it and it didn't add that .txt extension. What do you guys do to counteract this?

When I start bitcoind.exe even when I followed http://www.newslobster.com/random/how-to-get-started-using-your-gpu-to-mine-for-bitcoins-on-windows to a letter and made the file but when I opened it just says Warning: To use bitcoind.exe you must set rpcpassword=<password>, but I already did in the correct place too. Idk maybe I'm just really missing the boat here
It's 2 in the morning so it could be right in front of my face lol. But any help would be appreciated!!!