RadicalDreamerX

I know, but my point was it didn't used to deploy the files like that. It would do it every time I downloaded a new mod, but once it went through the files, the deployment was much quicker. Anyways, closing as Solved because Vortex is no longer doing it. That's twice now it's fixed itself. Starting to think it might be a hard drive issue. Thanks.

Vortex version: Most recent (I keep it updated) Modded game: Skyrim AE How many mods? A lot - it's Skyrim :3 So I have been using Vortex for a while. I have plenty of modded games. I just had a thread where Vortex decided to purge correctly again. Now I am having a different issue. So when I deploy my mods, it goes through all the mods and then stops. Which is fine - Deploying typically never takes more than 30 seconds, max. However, if I make a lot of mod changes, sometimes it'll show the number of files it's deploying, and that takes longer (I don't know why, but it happens rarely, so not usually a big deal). However, now EVERY time I deploy my mods, it does this. And it takes about 25-30 minutes to finish. Like I mentioned earlier, it only would do this if I made a lot of mod changes (like modding a new game or making large mod changes, like a regularly do on Skyrim). Is there any way to fix this? It's incredibly annoying.

Oof, no thanks. Oddly enough, it's purging fine again. However, now when I deploy mods, it keeps re-deploying all the files I have. Didn't used to do that; just a deploy and it was fine. But, a different topic for a different thread. Thankyou everyone for responding!

It swaps fine to other profiles. It even purges just fine on other profiles. Heck, it purges other games just fine on the SAME external hard drive, It's literally just doing this with Skyrim AE. I read somewhere that deleting the "skyrimse" folder in AppData\Vortex may fix this. Haven't done it yet, but will it help? As I understand it, that's where the settings are for this profile.

Hmmm. The drive is formatted NTFS, has been since I got it around three months ago. Like I said, just started happening recently. I'll keep tinkering with it, I guess. Have several modded games on external drives, and have for a while. This is my first issue.

Vortex version: Whichever is the most recent - I keep it up to date Game modding - Skyrim AE Mod list - A lot So this just started happening recently. I mod Skyrim AE heavily, and have the game and my mods staging folder on an external hard drive (not enough room on the lappy). I am used to the constant purging and all that; don't really care since it doesn't typically take too long of a time. But now, every time Vortex purges my mods, it gets stuck at about 35% of the way through and stops completely. It's still trying to purge, but nothing happens. I even went to sleep and woke up the next morning, and it was in the same spot. And now, as of this typing, it's getting stuck at pre-deployment events and not doing anything. This started yesterday afternoon, and it's making Vortex essentially unusable right now. Any help would be appreciated. EDIT: It finished its pre-deployment events run; just took a while. So it deploys fine. It just refuses to purge.