I found another fix! After reinstalling everything clean I could still not find a solution. I have uninstalled and deleted and then reinstalled skyrim, steam, and nexus mod manager. I do not have the plugins.txt (probably since I have no mods installed yet). With everything updated with the latest patches, skyrim still crashes to desktop when loading saves and many error messages containing WETriggerScript location problems when creating a new game. I found a fix using nexus mod manager under the tools/setting icon, select RESET ARCHIVE INVALIDATION I also install a basic mod (rag doll fix) - probably not reverent to the fix ran the game with no problems. (haven't fully tested completely by loading all my saves yet but seems to work!)