How To Fix Skyrim Invisible Plugins and Mods

[TheBossX2]

Many New People and Modders when inter the modding scene 70% of them will face this Issue and i saw many posts here asking for Solution but no answer so here is a Detailed Tutorial on How To Fix This.

 

1.Change your Skyrim Installation Path If You didn't change the path when you installed the game it should be in :

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\skyrim\Data

and if you cant find it there try:

C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\skyrim\Data

 

2.You can change the path by Right Click on the whole steam folder CUT and Paste in where ever you like D:// or F:// or E:// it doesn't matter as long its not in C:// anymore

 

​Because when the game in the C:// Path the windows will protect its files from Modification and editing so no matter what you save in the game DATA folder its will be there but the windows will hide it as a security Precaution

 

3.Some People when they change their game path they will notice that their mods and DLCs are not showing up in the Launcher Data Files the fix is:

 

(a) Launch RUN command by Right Click on http://i.imgur.com/C62Lf4r.jpg or http://i.imgur.com/apZrGhF.jpg and then click on Run

(b) when run command is up type Regedit

http://i.imgur.com/s31mJzg.jpg

 

© this should show up

http://i.imgur.com/KOVTrJu.jpg

 

Now click on the little white arrow on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE THE

the folder should drop down click on the little white arrow on SOFTWARE

find your game it should be in Bethesda named folder or if you are on Win64 you should find it in Wow6432Node

 

(d) right click on Installed Path and Modify> Change the Value Data To Your New Location

http://i.imgur.com/4vJ6OXo.jpg

 

That's it now you can create mods and edit your npcs and when you save them they will show up in the game folder and in CK data and you will have all your mods and DLCs showing up again in the Launcher Data Folder.

 

if you have any question Replay here.

TheBossX2.

Edited August 30, 2014 by TheBossX2

[bben46]

OR, you can just move the steam folder which solves this for all steam games and not just Skyrim.

Here is the instructions from Steam on how to do this.

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?p_faqid=231

 

Based on my experience, nowhere near the 70% number here is accurate - more like less than 1%. Just because you are having a problem, and see several others with the same problem - don't ASSUME that everyone else is having the same problem - they aren't. We have well over 7 million users here, and if anywhere near even 10% were having this problem, there would be hundreds if not thousands of posts about it. (Just 1% of 7 million is 70,000. 70% is 4,900,000 - I haven't seen anywhere near 4.9 million people complaining about this.

 

From years of troubleshooting experience - If it ain't broke, don't fix it. - if you don't see this problem - then do not make either of these changes.

[Deleted5770650User]

And if you want steam installed in the program files folder you can move where steam stores the game library. It is a setting in the steam client.

[TheBossX2]

http://i.imgur.com/kjs2YB2.jpg

[bben46]

While your solution does look like it will work fine, the Steam solution works also, and is simpler for NON GEEKS. Gamers are notorious for not understanding how things work on a computer and for misinterpreting what we consider simple things. These are not people who commonly open their registry to change things that can more easily be changed in another way. - AND, the steam solution also fixes the same problem that they may have on other steam games - which your solution does not address.