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Simply pass on about three large pizzas and you've got the scratch you need. Just three friggin' pizzas. Oh, and maybe move this thread to the new Fallout 4 forum section...

Oops! Well, it certainly can't handle the GPUs I just suggested. Laptop GPUs are different beasts and tend to be "integrated" in their own way. Only bigger laptops (usually aimed at gamers) have the ability to swap/upgrade your GPU. So I guess that's not an option for you. Sorry!

1) Sorry, don't know. Never did that. Sounds logical though. Maybe someone else could chime in here? 2) Yes. Though usually it's the mods that you remove that have a far greater impact. When you here someone say "Make a clean save." -What they mean is to make a save BEFORE you remove and/or add any mods, then see what happens after you "test play" for awhile. If your game gets more unstable, revert to the mods you had previously and go back to that last save to avoid further problems.

One last thought: Since you didn't mention the specific model of HP computer you're using, I presume your graphics is only the mobo's integrated graphics, yes? If so, and IF your mobo has a PCI-e x16 lane open on it (and if your mobo supports modern graphics cards) I highly recommend getting a dedicated GPU. Two good possiblities are: Nvidia GTX 960 with 2GB of GDDR5 memory buffer. Running an average of $190. AMD R9 380 with 4GB of GDDR5 memory buffer. Running an average of $230. Personally, I'd go with the R9 380 as modern games are now demanding 3+ GB of VRAM these days. (And that's not even including mods!) My current GPU is a GTX 670 with 2GB of GDDR5 mem buffer. It's a good ol' workhorse, but I'm starting to run into memory issues with all my mods. I'm eyeing the GTX 980 and hoping that prices will come down in a few months.

The following is excerpted from my standard troubleshooting guide. Please note that I've left out the parts that you and BeauMath have already discussed (for the most part.) Skyrim Project Stability This isn't a mod but rather a complete guide to stabilizing your game and cleaning up your saves. It's a lot of reading, but this project is what helped transform my buggy game (that crashed every 3 to 5 minutes) into a smooth experience (with improved visuals) that hardly ever crashes. Troubleshooting. After getting the above mods, LOOTing your load order and cleaning up your mods, you might still be experiencing crashes. In your Nexus Mod Manager click on the "Plugins" tab. You will now see your mod's plugins listed with a checkbox next to each one. Uncheck each one EXCEPT FOR THE FOLLOWING: Skyrim.esm, Update.esm, Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp, Dawnguard.esm, Unofficial Dawnguard Patch.esp, Dragonborn.esm, Unofficial Dragonborn Patch.esp, Hearthfires.esm, Unofficial Hearthfire Patch.esp, SkyUI.esp. Now restart your game. If you can play for (what seems to you) a reasonable amount of time without crashing, then you can rule out game settings as a problem. (See below for more on settings.) Quit out of the game. Go back into NMM and choose one plugin and recheck mark it. Restart your game. Do you crash? Bingo! You just found at least one mod that is giving you a problem. Go to the Mod's page and carefully read it to see what it might be having a problem with. Chances are that you won't crash with the first couple of mods your re-enable. Most likely you will crash when two (or more) mods conflict. This is a tedious way to troubleshoot, true. But it will definitely help you pin-point mod conflicts. This is also why you should resist the urge to activate new mods you've downloaded in groups. Instead, install and activate just ONE mod at first. If you crash, well, you just saved yourself having to look through multiple mods trying to see which one(s) are causing you to crash. Once you've figured out which mods won't work, check their pages to see WHY they won't work. It will usually (but not always) be a conflict with another mod. There may be a patch available to fix the conflict. Maybe the mod is modular and you simply need to re-install with some parts of the mod omitted to prevent a conflict. Read, read, READ the descriptions of each mod and save yourself guesswork. Some mods have patches available that address other mods to prevent conflicts. Sometimes these are "batch" files that cover several other mods (with plug-ins for each mod.) If you don't have one or more of those mods that the batch patch covers, you might be causing ctd when the game goes looking for a master file for that mod that you don't have. The only fix for this (that I know of) is to disable every one of the plug-ins for that batch patch, then re-enable them one at a time and test (as described above.) When you ctd after enabling one of the patch's plug-ins, then you know which one to leave unchecked. Game Settings. I don't know if you're pushing your system too hard. Skyrim may be over three years old, but it's still a pretty demanding game. If all of the above does not stop you from crashing, go into your options and turn settings down a notch (or two) and restart. See if that gives you more stability. NOTE: If you are using SKSE you cannot get into your settings from the SKSE shortcut. instead, either start your game from your TESV.exe Or using the "Launch Skyrim" button in NMM. Either way, click on "Options", adjust your settings down a bit, then try restarting through SKSE again. Saves. As discussed in "Skyrim Project Stability", there is a possibility that your saves have become progressively corrupted -usually by removing mods. Many mods that are removed have leftover scripts imbedded in your saves. As you continue to play (and save, and add more mods, and remove more mods) those scripts try to "fire" and start causing more and more errors until CTDs happen more often. While this is usually a gradual progression, there are "events" (e.g. removing certain mod(s)) that can cause your saves to cross a certain threshold and become far more corrupted. There are ways to "clean" your saves (as discussed in SPS) but this is rarely 100% effective. As MXR said in one of his videos: "Sometimes you just gotta know when to pack that $#!% in and start over back at your last stable save." Good luck!

A heavily modded Skyrim (or most any game for that matter) relies on the memory buffer in your GPU more than anything else, which is what I believe jones177 was actually referring to, not your regular RAM. Several of the mods you have will ask you for the resolution level you want them at when you install them. (Low, medium or high.) If you set them mostly to high, and your GPU only has 2gb of GDDR5 memory (or less) then that is a likely cause for your CTD issues. For more in-depth advice on stabilizing your game, try "Skyrim Project Stability".

I don't like enb's myself. However, I've found the mod "Realistic Lighting Overhaul" gives me a great day/night cycle with nights (and dungeons) that are REALLY dark. Gives you an excuse to use those torches. Note that the mod includes some patches for many other popular mods. This might cause CTD when you don't have one or more of those mods (as the game goes looking for the master files and then crashes if it doesn't find them.) Simply go to your Plug-in tab and uncheck all the patches, then restart to ensure you are not crashing. Then re-enable one plug-in patch at a time and restart until you find the one(s) that causes CTD. There is only a few RLO patches, so this will only take a little bit of time to troubleshoot (assuming you even CTD to begin with.)

Unfortunately, I'm only familiar with about one-third of your mods. And none of them are ringing any particular alarms in my mind. However, it seems highly likely that all the NPC's and creatures have "leveled" way above you. Therefore, although I'm not familiar with the mod, the one called "SkyRe_EnemyScaling.esp=1" immediately caught my eye. So here's a suggestion. 1) Go to your plug-ins tab in NMM (you ARE using NMM, yes?) and uncheck the plug-in for "EnemyScaling" or whatever it is called in the plug-in list. 2) Go back to a save that you KNOW wasn't giving NPCs and creatures the opportunity to one shot you. You'll get a warning about the missing mod, just go ahead and load. 3) Play until you reach the part of the game where you started getting one-shotted. If the bandits and other NPCs can no longer kill you with a single blow, then you've likely found the problem. If that doesn't work, you can repeat the above while disabling one plug-in at a time until you find the one that's causing your enemies to suddenly become super powered. However, with the number of mods you have, that might take awhile.

About smithing iron daggers: Yes, that'll work, but it won't be that quick. I use SkyUI and a few other UI mods. These allow me to see the actual incremental increase in my smithing skill as I create/improve items. When you make/improve an iron item, the skill level increase is tiny. If you smith a steel item, the increase is a bit bigger. And so on and so on as you smith items made of more exotic material. So smithing a lot of iron daggers will work, but it will require you to smith a small mountain of them. ElioraArins advice about leveling up your character strictly by increasing your smithing skill is very wise. For every level your character gains via increasing the smithing skill, you should then work up some combat skills until you gain another character level. Otherwise, While you're training in smithing and alchemy -The Draugr are Training.

This is why I don't bother bringing recruits to Delphine at the Sky Haven Temple. What's the point? All you do is fill up the temple (and the practice grounds above) with new Blades that do... absolutely nothing. (Unless there's a mod out there that let's you do something with/to them.) Well, at least he's good for a combat buff when you go out to tackle a dragon. Okay, not a really impressive buff, but every little bit helps. Although, admittedly, things can get a bit awkward... Odahviing: (Flies in and lands on the practice grounds above Sky Haven Temple) "Yo, Dovahkinda, whut up?" Delphine and other Blades: (Look daggers at Odahviing.) Me: "I told you to stop calling me 'Dovahkinda'. And, now is not the best time..." Odahviing: "What? Don't you have 'Parth-Dilemma' installed?" Me: "Of course I do! Do I look like an idiot to you?" Odahviing: (Rolls eyes) Me: (Face palm) "Okay, not my brightest response..." Edited for spelling because I really AM an idiot...

I'm not sure if this is vanilla or part of one of the (many) mods I have installed, but at the temple of the eight divines in solitude, you should find a tiny note at the empty alcove where the Talos shrine used to be. Reading this note will send you on a quest to find a Talos worship coven headed by (would you believe it) an Altmer priestess. It's not a very complicated quest. In fact, she simply sends you on a reverse fetch mission to spread the word of the coven. Edit: Whoops, I just realized you were asking about quests for the OTHER eight divines. My bad. Meh, I'll leave this up in case anyone is curious about the Talos coven.

Hi Axel. Thanks for taking care of this. No, I am no longer getting the warning pop-up from Firefox. I can now get all the way to the final ordering screen. Unfortunately, my bank didn't forward my funds to PayPal, so there will be a delay while I ask them (politely, of course) to get their thumbs out and approve the transfer. I'll be right back as soon as PayPal shows my funds in place. Thanks again for fixing this! Edited for spelling ('cause I'm an idiot...)

You're welcome. I have a 2GB memory buffer in my GTX 670 and I'm running into memory shortage issues with all the texture mods I have, so I totally understand. *sigh* We might as well face it, we're entering the era when a 4GB buffer is now the new minimum.

Hmmm. I would hate for you to have to give up your saves. But, a fresh install of Skyrim does tend to solve a lot of woes...

I swear I didn't know what a monster I was creating! Also, you can use a mod like Arthmoor's The Paarthurnax Dilemma to tell Delphine to suck it up 'cause you're the Dragonborn and she has to go with what YOU say. But getting back on-topic: For me it was finding the remains of Narfi's sister and telling him she was dead. I found Narfi sitting at the table of his run-down house munching on some bread. I sat down next to him, handed him his sister's necklace and choose the "Sorry Narfi, she's dead." conversation choice. Narfi started blubbering "No, NO! Narfi never got to say goodbye!" I thought to myself, "Well, f***. I think I'm gonna cry..." @fraquar: Are you referring to the Dark Brotherhood hit on Nari? If so, I agree. Who the hell would put out a contract on Narfi of all people for pete's sake? Edited for spelling.

Could you list your mods, please? It might help us pin-point an issue. I can tell you from my own experience that I had a similar problem -though not nearly as bad as what you show in your screen caps! My problem turned out to be that ELFX and Realistic Lighting Overhaul were not getting along well. I was able to mitigate the problem by LOOTing my load order, but I was always dissatisfied by the contrasts in problem areas (such as the Throne Room in the Blue Palace. Yeah, it was hitting me there too.) My final solution was to simply get rid of ELFX and keep Realistic Lighting Overhaul. I'm not bad-mouthing ELFX (well, I did have frame-rate issues too with ELFX, but that's another story) I'm just saying that removing it was what worked for me.

Glad you got it working. I suspect that your 1GB of mem buffer in your GPU is giving you trouble. Especially with texture mods installed.

Glad to hear that you solved your problem. I have a suggestion for the new GPU for your upcoming build. The AMD Radeon R9 390 Nitro (from Sapphire.) This card runs pretty much neck-and-neck with the GTX 970, has 8GB of memory buffer (with none of the memory partitioning shenanigans that Nvidia pulled with the 970) and runs an average of $20. cheaper (at $330) than most 970 models. The slightly lower clock speed on the 390 Nitro means that you won't want to try running a large 4K monitor, but for 1080 gaming this card has all the umph you will need to run at max detail on all current games. The 8GB of memory buffer is nearly overkill, but it will certainly allow you to install lotsa texture mods without fear of running out of memory in the GPU.

Ouch! I think you are on the right track with it being an issue with your GPU and/or drivers. Let's try some simple troubleshooting to see if we can determine if it's one or the other. First, do you have access to another video card? One that you could borrow temporarily from a friend or family member? If so, swap out the card, power up, wait for your OS to look for drivers (or install them yourself if you know which ones to use.) Now see if you can start a NEW game of Skyrim. If it plays normally, then try loading one of your saves from just before your troubles started. If the saves load fine and you can play normally, then it's a fair bet that your GPU is failing. Time to get a new one. If the new game works, but none of your saves do, then they're corrupted and you will simply have to start over. Sorry. If the new game does NOT work, but the GPU works fine for other games, then you've likely got a serious problem with your Skyrim files. You might have to wipe your entire install, re-download from Steam, then re-install your mods. You should not have to re-install your NMM. If the borrowed GPU does not work for any games (and other programs), then you might have either a mobo or PSU issue. Mobo issues could include the PCI-e lane that your GPU sits in has gone bad, a chipset starting to go bad, etc.) PSU issues are usually limited to the voltage rail or capacitors. 460 watts is plenty of juice for your rig, but if the PSU is a cheap no-name (What? Dell using cheap components?! Pshaw!) then it could be going bad. Are you experiencing any issue with other games and/or applications? If you're still having issues after a GPU swap, then it may be time to bite the bullet and take your rig to a repair specialist. On that note, do you have an extended service agreement with Dell? If not, do you have a Tiger Direct or Best Buy store near you? They tend to have good techs (at least in my experience.) Tiger Direct stores have better repair prices but only have a handful of stores scattered across the country.

Thanks for the system specs, load order and papyrus log. This will encourage people to help. System specs: Very good. I doubt there's any hardware conflict. Also 3GB memory buffer on your GPU is above average, so running HD texture packs and ENBs shouldn't be an issue for you. 8GB of RAM is more than adequate (unless you're multi-tasking while you play.) The only problem is that a heavily modded Skyrim will push your GPU harder, so maybe you are having thermal issues rather than hardware/software ones. Do you have at least three fans in your case (two intake, one exhaust)? Do you clean your components with a can of air every so often? (Dust and pet hairs are the number one killers of PC components.) Is your GPU "crowded" by other components on the mobo? (A GPU sandwiched between a sound card and some other item can overheat due to not having room to pull in air for it's own fan.) Loot Log: I see you've got the unofficial patches for the main game and each DLC, so that's not the issue. Your Loot order is a bit different than mine, but then I've got a lot of different mods. My first bit of advice is to read the descriptions of your mods to see if the authors mention any specific load order for their mod. Also, make sure you have the latest version of loot (currently in version 0.8.) If you have an older version, the load order might not be optimum. Papyrus Log: Not my expertise, so I'd best let someone else weigh in with their knowledge on the matter. Following is my generic "troubleshooting" guide. It is gleaned from several years of valuable advice from others here on the Nexus. I've crossed out the points that you've already addressed. START PASTE 1) Do you have SKSE (SKyrim Script Extender) installed? If not, that's a major problem right there. Many mods require it for stability. Get it at: http://skse.silverlock.org/ Be sure to watch the linked video for explanation of what it does and how to install it. 2) You should have the Unofficial Skyrim patch as well as the unofficial patches for all DLC's you have. If you don't have them, that's a likely cause for crashing randomly. So get them at: Unofficial Skyrim Patch Unofficial Dragonborn Patch Unofficial Dawnguard Patch Unofficial Hearthfire Patch 3) More mods that will help stabilize your game: Stable uGridsToLoad Do NOT adjust the settings. Just use the default settings to help stabilize the loading of your cells (the areas your character can see from his vantage point.) LOOT This utility will help you sort your load order for better performance. It will also tell you which mods have dirty edits, which you can clean with: TES5EDIT The best utility for "cleaning up" the code in mods. WARNING: Some mods have "dirty" edits ON PURPOSE. Cleaning these edits can break the mod (and your save.) Read each mod thoroughly to see if they have any intentional dirty edits. If not, clean 'em up! Skyrim Project Stability This isn't a mod but rather a complete guide to stabilizing your game and cleaning up your saves. It's a lot of reading, but this project is what helped transform my buggy game (that crashed every 3 to 5 minutes) into a smooth experience (with improved visuals) that hardly ever crashes. (Maybe once every 5 hours or so at worst.) 4) Troubleshooting. After getting the above mods, LOOTing your load order and cleaning up your mods, you might still be experiencing crashes. In your Nexus Mod Manager (you are using NMM, yes?) -click on the "Plugins" tab. You will now see your mod's plugins listed with a checkbox next to each one. Uncheck each one EXCEPT FOR THE FOLLOWING: Skyrim.esm, Update.esm, Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp, Dawnguard.esm, Unofficial Dawnguard Patch.esp, Dragonborn.esm, Unofficial Dragonborn Patch.esp, Hearthfires.esm, Unofficial Hearthfire Patch.esp, SkyUI.esp. Now restart your game. If you can play for (what seems to you) a reasonable amount of time without crashing, then you can rule out game settings as a problem. (See below for more on settings.) Quit out of the game. Go back into NMM and choose one plugin and recheck mark it. Restart your game. Do you crash? Bingo! You just found at least one mod that is giving you a problem. Go to the Mod's page and carefully read it to see what it might be having a problem with. Chances are that you won't crash with the first couple of mods your re-enable. Most likely you will crash when two (or more) mods conflict. This is a tedious way to troubleshoot, true. But it will definitely help you pin-point mod conflicts. This is also why you should resist the urge to activate new mods you've downloaded in groups. Instead, install and activate just ONE mod at first. If you crash, well, you just saved yourself having to look through multiple mods trying to see which one(s) are causing you to crash. Once you've figured out which mods won't work, check their pages to see WHY they won't work. It will usually (but not always) be a conflict with another mod. There may be a patch available to fix the conflict. Maybe the mod is modular and you simply need to re-install with some parts of the mod omitted to prevent a conflict. Read, read, READ the descriptions of each mod and save yourself guesswork. Game Settings. Since you didn't include your rig's info (especially what GPU you have) I don't know if you're pushing your system too hard. Skyrim may be over three years old, but it's still a pretty demanding game. If all of the above does not stop you from crashing, go into your options and turn settings down a notch (or two) and restart. See if that gives you more stability. NOTE: If you are using SKSE (and you should be from now on) -you cannot get into your settings from the SKSE shortcut. instead, either start your game from your TESV.exe Or using the "Launch Skyrim" button in NMM. Either way, click on "Options", adjust your settings down a bit, then try restarting through SKSE again. Now if the above troubleshooting actually solved all your crashing issues, and your GPU is rather beefy (2GB of GDDR5 memory or better) you might want to try turning up the settings a bit to make the game look better. Try just a few notches on a few settings then test the game. If it's still stable, try bumping up your settings a bit more. FINISH PASTE Hope this helps!

Well now that explains a lot about Argonians that I had questions about as well. Thanks, Lach. Also, I was unfortunately drinking a bottle of root beer when I got to "...the Hist somehow got swamp lizards to lick their sap..." -And now I am cleaning a good deal of that root beer off my monitor due to the induced LOL.

Well, Laast makes it pretty clear that Pure Weather (since you say you installed that first) will conflict with any other mod that alters weather. So maybe you have a mod conflict. Also, he mentions that most of his mods have been rolled into Purity. Might help you avoid a conflict. If all else fails, go to your plug-in tab in NMM. Uncheck every box except the following: Skyrim.esm, Update.esm, Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp, Dawnguard.esm, Unofficial Dawnguard Patch.esp, Dragonborn.esm, Unofficial Dragonborn Patch.esp, Hearthfires.esm, Unofficial Hearthfire Patch.esp, SkyUI.esp. NOTE: I'm going on the assumption that you have all the DLCs. If not, ignore the relative Unofficial patches for said DLCs. Launch your game. If it plays fine, quit back out and re-enable a few mods. Make sure to check for any dependencies that a re-checked mod requires. (Example: If you have TK Children and you re-enable the plug-in, be sure to re-enable the plug-ins for the TK Children for any DLCs you have as well.) Now relaunch your game. If it plays fine again, quit out and re-enable another group of plug-ins. When you finally get a CTD, then at least ONE of those mods you just re-enabled is causing a conflict. Read the mod(s) description to see what you need to avoid a conflict.

Well, your system is a bit dated, but is actually adequate given that Skyrim is a three and a half year old game. However, your GPU's memory buffer of only 1GB is a bit low when you start adding mods. Especially texture packs and the like. Following is my generic "troubleshooting" guide. It is gleaned from several years of valuable advice from others here on the Nexus. START PASTE 1) Do you have SKSE (SKyrim Script Extender) installed? If not, that's a major problem right there. Many mods require it for stability. Get it at: http://skse.silverlock.org/ Be sure to watch the linked video for explanation of what it does and how to install it. 2) You should have the Unofficial Skyrim patch as well as the unofficial patches for all DLC's you have. If you don't have them, that's a likely cause for crashing randomly. So get them at: Unofficial Skyrim Patch Unofficial Dragonborn Patch Unofficial Dawnguard Patch Unofficial Hearthfire Patch 3) More mods that will help stabilize your game: Stable uGridsToLoad Do NOT adjust the settings. Just use the default settings to help stabilize the loading of your cells (the areas your character can see from his vantage point.) LOOT This utility will help you sort your load order for better performance. It will also tell you which mods have dirty edits, which you can clean with: TES5EDIT The best utility for "cleaning up" the code in mods. WARNING: Some mods have "dirty" edits ON PURPOSE. Cleaning these edits can break the mod (and your save.) Read each mod thoroughly to see if they have any intentional dirty edits. If not, clean 'em up! Skyrim Project Stability This isn't a mod but rather a complete guide to stabilizing your game and cleaning up your saves. It's a lot of reading, but this project is what helped transform my buggy game (that crashed every 3 to 5 minutes) into a smooth experience (with improved visuals) that hardly ever crashes. (Maybe once every 5 hours or so at worst.) 4) Troubleshooting. After getting the above mods, LOOTing your load order and cleaning up your mods, you might still be experiencing crashes. In your Nexus Mod Manager (you are using NMM, yes?) -click on the "Plugins" tab. You will now see your mod's plugins listed with a checkbox next to each one. Uncheck each one EXCEPT FOR THE FOLLOWING: Skyrim.esm, Update.esm, Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp, Dawnguard.esm, Unofficial Dawnguard Patch.esp, Dragonborn.esm, Unofficial Dragonborn Patch.esp, Hearthfires.esm, Unofficial Hearthfire Patch.esp, SkyUI.esp. Now restart your game. If you can play for (what seems to you) a reasonable amount of time without crashing, then you can rule out game settings as a problem. (See below for more on settings.) Quit out of the game. Go back into NMM and choose one plugin and recheck mark it. Restart your game. Do you crash? Bingo! You just found at least one mod that is giving you a problem. Go to the Mod's page and carefully read it to see what it might be having a problem with. Chances are that you won't crash with the first couple of mods your re-enable. Most likely you will crash when two (or more) mods conflict. This is a tedious way to troubleshoot, true. But it will definitely help you pin-point mod conflicts. This is also why you should resist the urge to activate new mods you've downloaded in groups. Instead, install and activate just ONE mod at first. If you crash, well, you just saved yourself having to look through multiple mods trying to see which one(s) are causing you to crash. Once you've figured out which mods won't work, check their pages to see WHY they won't work. It will usually (but not always) be a conflict with another mod. There may be a patch available to fix the conflict. Maybe the mod is modular and you simply need to re-install with some parts of the mod omitted to prevent a conflict. Read, read, READ the descriptions of each mod and save yourself guesswork. Game Settings. Since you didn't include your rig's info (especially what GPU you have) I don't know if you're pushing your system too hard. Skyrim may be over three years old, but it's still a pretty demanding game. If all of the above does not stop you from crashing, go into your options and turn settings down a notch (or two) and restart. See if that gives you more stability. NOTE: If you are using SKSE (and you should be from now on) -you cannot get into your settings from the SKSE shortcut. instead, either start your game from your TESV.exe Or using the "Launch Skyrim" button in NMM. Either way, click on "Options", adjust your settings down a bit, then try restarting through SKSE again. Now if the above troubleshooting actually solved all your crashing issues, and your GPU is rather beefy (2GB of GDDR5 memory or better) you might want to try turning up the settings a bit to make the game look better. Try just a few notches on a few settings then test the game. If it's still stable, try bumping up your settings a bit more. FINISH PASTE Hope this helps you. One final note, you may be forced to start a new game if your saves have been corrupted by adding and deleting mods.

Thanks for getting back to me. I use Firefox (currently 40.0.3) with the "No-Script" plug-in. However, I've told No-Script to not block anything from Nexusmods.com (I've had No-Script since long before my first Premium sign-up.)

I see that your Skyrim version is ancient. The current build is 1.9.32.0.8 Have you checked your Steam to make sure that your "updates" are enabled? If not, then get that done and go ahead and update your Skyrim. Assuming that your SKSE installation is correct, that should solve your issue. To enable (or check on) updating for Skyrim in Steam: Go to your Steam library and right-click on Skyrim. Click on "Properties". Click on the "Updates" tab. In the drop-down menu under "Automatic Updates" select "Always keep this game up to date". Now you will note that all the other choices seem to indicate that they will update Skyrim also. However, the "Only update this game when I launch it" option won't always update your game for a variety of reasons too numerous to go into here. So, enable the first choice, then restart Steam. As long as you have internet access at that time, Steam should start updating Skyrim. Remember that to launch Skyrim from your SKSE shortcut, your Steam account must be up (whether in online or offline mode) as Skyrim uses Steam as its DRM. Also, when you click your SKSE shortcut, you should NOT be sent to the launch menu. SKSE will load it's parameters and then launch Skyrim. The only way to get to the launch menu is to use one of the other shortcuts you mentioned, which means that SKSE will NOT have loaded. Which means that mods that need SKSE will either not work, will work incorrectly or cause CTDs. Thus, the only reason to use any of the non-SKSE launch buttons is to get to the launch menu for the purpose of changing any graphics settings you want to tweak. You would then exit out of the launch menu and re-launch with the SKSE shortcut. So, if the SKSE shortcut is causing the Skyrim launch menu to come up, there's probably a problem with your SKSE installation. One possibility is that your SKSE shortcut is simply sending you to your TESV.exe file. Have you watched the following video? If not, view it to see if you spot something you didn't do during your installation of SKSE.