Game and mod-folder must be on the same drive, so you should do something like: 1: In Vortex, on mods-tab hit "purge". 2: Exit Vortex. 3: In Steam, move Skyrim to another drive. 4: Run Skyrim launcher once to setup registry etc. 5: Re-start Vortex to detect new location of Skyrim. 6: Just to be on the safe side re-start Vortex. 7: In Vortex click Settings, Mods, specify new location of "Mod Staging Folder" on the new drive, and Vortex should move all files for you. Note, this can take a long time. 8: On mods tab, Deploy.