Datadas
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Thank you for your feedback.
To answer your first question: The game is installed in C:\Games\Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim, so I don't think it's an issue with Program Files requiring admin access etc.
For question #2: C:\Users\UserName\Documents\My Games\Skyrim does exist. And, in fact, the game is able to install that folder on its own when installing as well as download save files from the steam cloud into the "Saves" folder found within. It also downloads a SkyrimPrefs.ini file when installing. Still, it is unable to put anything in that folder AFTER installation, so far as I can tell...
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It's been over 36 hours at this point. I guess no one has any ideas? I've now also tried entirely uninstalling steam and reinstalling it, followed by a reinstallation of Skyrim - same result as before. It's also worth mentioning that my OS is Windows 10.
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Hello everyone,
As I'm sure you can all imagine, I'm here to address an issue I've been wrestling with quite a bit.
The scenario: I've recently reinstalled Skyrim after a long hiatus, and as I've described in the topic line, the game is unable to establish any set display settings. Every time I launch the skyrim launcher I get a message that states "Skyrim will now detect your video hardware and set video options accordingly." followed by a message stating "Video settings have been set for Ultra High Quality." Despite this, when I actually open up the options menu and look at the display settings windowed mode is checked, and resolution is set to 800x450 (hardly "Ultra High Quality" if you ask me). Here's the kicker: If I try to uncheck windowed mode and hit "ok," then go back into the options menu, windowed mode is magically checked again. Baffling...
Things I have tried: One would think this points to some kind of issue with Skyrim being able to write to the documents folder right? Because that's where skyrim.ini should be located which houses all the display settings etc. And, indeed, I am lacking that skyrim.ini file. Now, I can create the file myself. I do have an old skyrim.ini file from a previous playthrough (along with an entire skyrim folder from "C:\Users\UserName\Documents\My Games\Skyrim from a previous playthrough) that I can copy/paste into my documents folder. And, doing so does get the game to run perfectly fine with those settings. However, that does not fix the core issue of Skyrim not being able to create/write to that file by itself. Now one might think it has something to do with system permissions, but if I right click on the documents folder and go to the security tab it is clearly stated that both the SYSTEM, me as a user, as well as Administrators all have permissions for full control (all checkboxes are set for "allow" and not "deny"). This, of course, includes Read and Write access. One puzzling thing is that the Properties menu for the documents folder does have the box for "Read-only" filled in, but much like my windowed mode if I try to unfill that box (and hit apply and ok), it refills itself when I open the menu back up. I also don't know what the difference is between a filled in box for "Read-only" and a checked box for "Read-only." I've also tried making sure my graphics drivers are up to date, I've tried logging into the game and creating a new save file (which the game is also unable to maintain), and I've tried completely reinstalling the game... again. None of which has produced any fruit.
System specs:
Graphics: GeForce GTX 1080 Driver version 390.65 (latest version)
Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 1400 @ 3.2 GHz
RAM: G. Skill Trident Z 2x8GB DDR4 3200 (Running @ 2333 because... Ryzen >.>)
PSU: Seasonic X-Series 1050W
Game Version: 1.9.32.0.8
SKSE Version: 1.7.3 rel 48
Now I cannot stress enough that this is an ENTIRELY unmodded game - not even the unofficial patches. The one key exception is I do have SKSE installed (mostly because I can't really figure out how to uninstall it since I installed it via silverlock's installer). However, I'm running the game through the official skyrim launcher and not through SKSE (though I have tried both with the same results).
Any help is greatly appreciated. I'm sorry about the wall of text. I just wanted to give as much pertinent information as possible so as not to repeat troubleshooting steps that have already taken place.
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I've had this bug for a while and just figured out what caused it for me; it was the ENBseries upgrade, no ENB applied, just having the main ENBseries (wrapper) installed caused FPS to go haywire and Skyrim's physics engine to start protesting. I fixed it by installing ENBhelper from the site linked below and putting it in my enbseries folder, that gives the ENBseries plugin more data to work from from your system and prevents things like this.
Very Sound advise Sacremas. Thank you! Works Beautifully! To the rest of you having this issue if...
a) you use an ENB of some kind
b) you don't want to get rid of your mods for any point of the game, not even just the beginning (possibly for fear that it would be difficult to reactivate them properly)
c) you don't want to screw with your monitor frame rate (not always easy to know how to do, much less how to do properly)
d) you actually want to go through the helgen sequence and don't want to skip the intro/live another life/random alternate start
then follow this guy's advise. A word of caution: DO NOT click on "start download" or "click here to download" or w/e the heck it says in big bold letters. That's just going to take you to advertisements and who knows, might download malware onto your computer or some crap. Instead, simply click on the "Download" option in the table at the bottom of the page in between "Supported ENB: Latest ENB" and "International Support: enbdev forums".
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I cant really help with NMM because i do everything manually, but when you archive a file its just compressing it in a zipped folder, he said use winrar because thats what most people use but 7zip and 8zip and other zip type programs do the same, if you have 8zip you just right click the file and in the mouse menu somewhere it should say 8-zip with an arrow with options to archive the file.
It has an option to "send to > compressed (zipped) folder" which worked just as well. Thanks whawahhh! :)
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"archive this new .esp file with winrar and install it as a mod through nexus"
how exactly do I "archive" a file and what does that mean?
If I wanted to install it through NMM what folder would I stick it in? does it just show up when I run NMM and allow me to enable/disable it?
Do I have to de-activate the main dual sheath esp when I activate that one?
Did anyone answer this guy's question? I have the same question. What's more, even if I try to "add Mod from File" through NMM, .esp for some reason is not a viable option. Even if I set it to show all files and click on Dual Sheath Redux Patch.esp anyways the operation is incomplete and says it can't be added.
Also: I can't archive using winrar because I run windows 8. I have 8zip instead which doesn't have such an option.
Skyrim Unable to Set Display Settings
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I figured it out! BitDefender has been blocking it this whole time! I DID try to check my antivirus before but previously I was unable to find a program exception list. Apparently, BitDefender stores such information in its "notifications" portion. I was formerly unaware of that fact >.> Thank you for all your help all the same!