How do I add things to the control panel? so I can set which port things are in, I keep trying and it keeps giving me an error.
Are you talking about the Windows Control Panel on your PC?
What “port things” are you trying to set?
The USB ports for Joysticks are set on the Setup Tab of the Driver Station.
See page 62 of the “Getting Started With the 2013 Control System”
You just drag and drop the Joysticks to the correct USB port.
http://wpilib.screenstepslive.com/s/3120/m/8559/l/92377-frc-driver-station-software
I think you probably need to pose the code or picture of the code throwing the error.
Greg McKaskle