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I know I can do that, but they won't show in a list as if the game was installed, so they can't be checked for updates at the click of a button. They will only show in the Downloads tab, along with a mess of everything else, including extensions. EDIT: I just made a couple folders for both games where I would normally install them, including the Data folders, and dropped in a fake executable. Vortex gave several errors when I added both games, things like missing .ini files in My Games, and a missing .bsa in Skyrim's case, so I clicked the X's on them all, and restarted Vortex. The error messages are gone, and my mods are now showing and can be checked for updates like I wanted. A bit sloppy perhaps but it works. I'm gonna mark this solved and hope I haven't wasted anyone's time. Thanks. EDIT2: Turns out Vortex only checks installed mods for updates, so what I wanted can't be done. I discovered this when checking for updates for Cyberpunk mods, and then manually checking and finding updates. So back to square one.

I'd like to be able to keep my mods for SkyrimAE and Fallout 4 up to date by using Vortex as if the games were installed. It would be easier and quicker than doing it manually with the Download History on the website. I keep the mods in their respective Vortex Downloads folders, so it shouldn't have any trouble seeing them. Is this possible? Maybe there's a way to fool Vortex into thinking these games are installed? Point it to a fake executable maybe, like a txt file named Fallout4.exe for example.

I rarely use my account here, but I just got an email stating that someone tried to password recover my account. It sure wasn't me. I use KeePass for all my online accounts, and I make extensive use of it's built-in password generator, so no simple passwords for me. I get the captchas every time I log in, but it hasn't been a problem. Not sure what's going on, but there's definitely some sort of penetration testing against Nexus happening. I could care less if my account here did get breached, since there's no information in my profile for that very reason. FYI to the OP: captchas have nothing to do with security. They simply stop bots from logging in as an anti-spam measure. Makes the job of the mods a bit easier and keeps the forum and mods site comments from getting cluttered with crap.