Photoshop CS2 brush question.

I looked in the archives and didn't find anything that pertained to this and I was looking for some help. I'm totally and utterly new to PS.

My friend was helping me make icons this afternoon and I downloaded some brushes and wanted to put one on an icon but when I went to load it, i opened the folder and there was nothing in it!

Am I a complete idiot or is there something wrong with my Photoshop or something?


Thanks in advance!

~Jena