OK. I'm missing something here. How do I make sure I have the latest PICKIT2 device file? will I be able to program the 16F1823 in MPLab, or just the stand alone program?

on Microchip's PICkit 2 Development Programmer/Debugger page, I see the stand alone program v2.61, then the device file, which gives me the PK2DeviceFile-1.62.09.dat file. I deleted the -1.62.09 from the name and replaced the old file with the new one in the program files\Microchip\PICkit 2v2 directory.

Then when I run the stand alone PICkit2 v2.61 program, I still don't see the 16F1823 in the drop down menu. and MPLAB still has the PICKIT2 greyed out when I load my workspace.

THen, back to the Microchip PICkit 2 Development Programmer/Debugger page I see the PK2CMDv1.20 - do I need to put that somewhere?