Ok, I am not home yet but maybe we can go ahead.

Do you have Micro Code Studio installed? If not install it. Leave MPLAB alone and installed for now. You will need a part of it.

Use for now MCS for your code editor.

When you start MCS under the view button on the toolbar there will be compiler options. On the first tab tell it to find PBP if it has not already done so. On the second tab tell it to find MPASM there is a check box. Do not worry about the third tab.

Now when you want to compile hit the F9 key. If no errors are found it will generate a HEX file.

More later.