No death threats or insults from me ... it's just a game. However, when I updated only about two dozen of my 80+ mods actually reinstalled as promised. NMM showed them checked off as installed in the mod list, but all the plugin files were missing. User error or software error?? I seemed to have had more trouble getting updated SKSE to work, but I eventually figured it out. Anyhow, a new character and a fresh mod list solved the problem ... no worries. One day I'll actually finish a game with a character :)~.