Grestorn

Yes, tell Vortex to load it after CBBE.

Use the "Deploy Mods" button on the Mods page. If that doesn't help, you'd have to reinstall the mods. However, are you sure you've installed them through Vortex? It sounds to me like you just use Vortex to manage an existing mod setup, which you have created with another mod manager, which is bound to cause problems.

As a general advice: Stay clear of so-called "security suits", "optimizing suits" and other voodoo software. Including virus scanners. They always tinker with the system in an unpredictable way, often ruining basic system functions on the way. Many, if not most problems people have with Windows - especially when updating - are caused by these "security tools". These days, Windows is quite competent to protect and manage itself, if you just let it do its job. Of course, it still can't protect you from bad mistakes, like starting an executable from an unknown source, but that's always on you anyway. A third-party virus scanner just gives you a false sense of security, which makes people think "oh well, I can just start this attachment on this mail, I'm safe, because I have this security software installed!" ... and BAM!.

The issue that the download of Vortex ends up with the wrong file extension is still a mystery. That shouldn't happen, and for the vast majority it doesn't. It would help to get to know some details about the system of the affected people, to find a common denominator. Like the browser, the virus scanner etc. I'd suspect the virus scanner, it sounds like it doesn't like the executable and just renames it so it can't be executed. So please tell us something about your system!

The Bethesda Launcher is known to alter the list of plugins. Don't use that. Just go to the "Plugins" Tab in Vortex and reenable all your plugins in there, and you should be fine.

Of course, if your own internet connection is limited, then you'll never be able to exceed that. I thought that the OP is not limited by his own connection. 2MBit/s isn't much at all...

If you download a mod manually from the site, you get to select a premium server. Try a different server. Maybe the one that's assigned to you is just overloaded.

What do you mean "Mods are not working"? Some more details, please? Are they enabled in the Plugins tab? How do you see that they're not working? Which game are you modding? What are your mods?

I think Nexus is under a lot of Denial of Service attacks in the last weeks (which would also explain the problems with logging in and the frequent outages recently). And I'm also guessing, that there are some overzealous kids who are angry that Nexus need money to provide its service any maybe even because they hate Vortex. I wouldn't be surprised, for sure...

Don't set the ModStaging into a subdirectory of the game installation itself! Put it outside of Steam, somewhere on the same disk. Like D:\Games\Vortex or D:\Vortex What exactly do you mean by "they are not working for me"? Unfortunately I have to experience in modding Kindom Come Deliverance...

You can download the mods anywhere, but they have to be unpacked and configured in a directory which is located on the same disk as the game, because Vortex doesn't copy the files into the game, it uses so called hard links. That way Vortex can manage the files much easier and they also take less disk space.

If there are no deployment methods available, you most likely haven't set the "Mod Staging Path" (in settings) onto the same hdd drive as the game itself is installed. That's a requirement for the usual hardlink deployment.

Check your Extensions Tab. Maybe the respective extensions are just disabled.

That's true. Are you saying if you try to manage those games, this error message appears and after you confirm it, the game doesn't show up as managed? That would be strange indeed and quality as a bug.

That means that it found your game, but cannot mod it, because you haven't set the "mod staging path" onto the same drive as the game. Correct that and it will work.