Lhyssa Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 How can I set Vortex to load Skyrim SE in windowed mode?Everything I find assumes you are loading it via Steam and I use the Vortex SKSE launcher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AugustaCalidia Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Run the Skyrim SE Launcher (not the SKSE64 launcher). You can select windowed mode in "Options." Vortex has nothing to do with the game settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lhyssa Posted October 15, 2021 Author Share Posted October 15, 2021 Not a fix. Soon as it loads, it tells you that you don't have SKSE loaded and therefore won't load most mods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AugustaCalidia Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 It is a fix. You have to run the launcher.exe directly from the game root directory, not from Vortex. The root directory is also where the game .exe is located. As I said earlier, Vortex does not deal with game settings. Windowed mode, screen resolution, graphics settings, etc. are settings handled by the game launcher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmm200 Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Adding to what Augusta said - run the launcher, click Options, and select Windowed. Make sure to set the resolution.Save and Exit. Do not click Play. For that you need the SKSE launcher. And there is no such thing as a "Vortex SKSE Launcher". SKSE is an unrelated product. It can be run from Vortex or with Vortex not running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lhyssa Posted October 15, 2021 Author Share Posted October 15, 2021 (edited) Okay, so I apologize, Augusta. My misunderstanding... So, open SkyrimSE using the exe and click Windowed. Close it, open Vortex, click SKSE64 in Vortex and it will run in Windowed mode, yes? I'm sorry if I appear dense. Just want to make sure I'm actually comprehending what is being said. EDIT - I opened Skyrim via the SKSE64 button in Vortex after having clicked on the Windowed option via SkyrimSELauncher... It's not windowed... (by windowed, I mean I can still move my cursor while Skyrim is up - I run dual screens and want to be able to play on one and use the other as a regular screen at the same time).Again, I apologize if I'm not making myself clear. I'm not sure how it all works, so might be describing things incorrectly.EDIT2: I just opened the SkyrimSELauncher and double-checked that it shows as Windowed and Borderless - just to remove that from potential issues. Resolution is set at 1920x1080 (same as the full screen, but I can move it around and work with things behind it/click out to use other things). I hope this is making sense. Edited October 15, 2021 by Lhyssa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lhyssa Posted October 15, 2021 Author Share Posted October 15, 2021 The image I was trying to upload for reference is found here: https://imgur.com/a/0Fe01kL It shows the SKSE64 "Button" I've been clicking to open Skyrim. If I go through the SkyrimSELauncher and hit "Play" it gives me an "incorrect SKSE version" warning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AugustaCalidia Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Instead of having a windowed game, what happens if you simply use Alt + Tab while running your game? Would that allow you to have Skyrim SE on one monitor and something else on the other? Since I don't have dual monitors, I have no idea whether this will work or not, but I thought it worth suggesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadToRegister Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Okay, so I apologize, Augusta. My misunderstanding... So, open SkyrimSE using the exe and click Windowed. Close it, open Vortex, click SKSE64 in Vortex and it will run in Windowed mode, yes? I'm sorry if I appear dense. Just want to make sure I'm actually comprehending what is being said. EDIT - I opened Skyrim via the SKSE64 button in Vortex after having clicked on the Windowed option via SkyrimSELauncher... It's not windowed... (by windowed, I mean I can still move my cursor while Skyrim is up - I run dual screens and want to be able to play on one and use the other as a regular screen at the same time). Again, I apologize if I'm not making myself clear. I'm not sure how it all works, so might be describing things incorrectly. EDIT2: I just opened the SkyrimSELauncher and double-checked that it shows as Windowed and Borderless - just to remove that from potential issues. Resolution is set at 1920x1080 (same as the full screen, but I can move it around and work with things behind it/click out to use other things). I hope this is making sense. Use the SE launcher to set SE to WINDOWED BORDERLESS, QUIT the Launcher, then run SE by running the SKSE_LAUNCHER.EXENo need to run Vortex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuckyAirplane43 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 Tried all of this and none of your guy's solutions worked, for anyone looking around for an answer. For anyone reading this who doesn't want to waste their time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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