I'm back after a SEVEN month absence, and just spent three or four days getting mods in order on NMM, only to find out very late in the process that supposedly no one's using NMM anymore. Then again, I still use a BlackBerry Passport smartphone, so I'm okay with it not being the latest and greatest, as long as it's functional. Ah... IS it functional? I wouldn't at all say that, there's still quite a lot of people who use NMM for one reason or another. I'm willing to bet there are still people out there who still use Windows XP. Not many, but they're probably out there. Vortex has a bit of a learning curve to it, but I've found it to be a God-send in my experience. My Fallout New Vegas installation has never been so stable when I switched over to it. It also helped me declutter and improve Fallout 4's stability too; still has issues because of some mods I refuse to let go of, but nothing like it was before. I can't vouch for non-Bethesda games, but for Fallout 4 & Vegas, I wouldn't even consider going back to NMM for those games. I'd recommend patience when learning it, but yes, the program is indeed quite functional in my experience. If you don't watch the video tutorials, I at least highly recommend taking it slow, and reading through the FAQ section, and especially the Support Forums here. Lot of helpful people here, their posts helped me set it up relatively painlessly. Cannot overstate this, set it up for a fresh installation.