moving mods to a new machine

[Acetoolguy]

I'm hoping someone would be willing to give me step by step directions on how to move my 50+ Skyrim mods to a new machine. I'm trying to avoid redownloading them all if possible.

Tanks for your time...

Edited November 14, 2015 by Acetoolguy

[obobski]

Re-install Steam on the new machine, and just copy-paste the Skyrim folder (the entire thing) on the new machine in its Steam directory. You may have to point Steam at the copy-pasted directory (it's been a while since I've had to do this, but its very common-sensical once you're actually looking at it). If the machines are significantly different there may be some quirks, e.g. if you're going from WinXP to Win7 you may have to "take ownership" of the folder once its pasted (http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/add-take-ownership-to-explorer-right-click-menu-in-vista/), and you'd be wise to let the auto-config re-run and write you a new .ini based on the new machine's capabilities and environment. You should, however, be able to transfer savegames without a problem (I've done this much more recently - as long as the overall game + mods is the same, its just a straight-across transfer).