The bEnableFileSelection=1 doesn't work.

[elokinsremmus]

 

 

SOLUTION FOUND Thank You Lord Garon Go to regedit And Find HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders

​Look for the

 

Personal REG_EXPAND_SZ %USERPROFILE%\Documents

It should look like that. If it doesn't Change it so it does. Right click/Modify and change it.

 

 

 

I have been Fighting with this for about a week now. I have tried every which way to enable my greyed out data files in the launcher. I have many Issues Please READ ALL INFO before posting

 

 

1: My Skyrimprefs.ini and my Saves are NOT in Documents\my games\skyrim They are In appdata\local\skyrim\my games\skyrim

Edit: Appdata is where the files generated. I did not set it that way. I can't figure out why this is or how to change it. Skyrim is on my C: in Program files\steam

2:When I first started playing I had a small windowed game, I can't change my preferences in the launcher to fit my resolution. So i found a Fake full screen fix. It was a new .ini file. I replaced the file with that and YAY Fullscreen. When I learned about mods I tried many ways NMM(crashes), MO(tries to pull from non-existent drive) and Manual Install. Upon seeing that I can't Access Data Files. I found the many guides about it. I looked in my ini file and that code is in the Fake Full Screen ini file. But data still grey.

 

3: Have deleted to a vanilla skyrim and Ran so I get new ini file. When I open it there is NO launcher section

 

4: I have tried adding that code to the respawned ini, my old ini, at the top, at the bottom, in the middle, before the water section etc.

 

5: My respawned ini looks like this

 

[imagespace]

bDoDepthOfField=1
[Display]
fShadowBiasScale=1.0000
fInteriorShadowDistance=3000.000

0
fShadowDistance=2500.0000
iBlurDeferredShadowMask=5
bFloatPointRenderTarget=1
iShadowMaskQuarter=4
iShadowMapResolution=1024
bFXAAEnabled=0
iMaxAnisotropy=8
fLeafAnimDampenDistEnd=4600.00

00
fLeafAnimDampenDistStart=3600.0

000
fTreesMidLODSwitchDist=3600.000

0
fGamma=1.0000
iShadowFilter=3
bShadowsOnGrass=1
fDecalLOD2=1500.0000
fDecalLOD1=1000.0000
fSpecularLODStartFade=500.0000
fShadowLODStartFade=200.0000
fLightLODStartFade=1000.0000
iTexMipMapMinimum=0
iTexMipMapSkip=0
bTransparencyMultisampling=0
iWaterMultiSamples=0
iMultiSample=0
bDeferredShadows=1
iShadowMode=3
bTreesReceiveShadows=0
bDrawLandShadows=0
bDrawShadows=1
bFull Screen=0
iSize H=480
iSize W=640
fMeshLODFadePercentDefault=1.20

00
fMeshLODFadeBoundDefault=256.0

000
fMeshLODLevel2FadeTreeDistance=

2048.0000
fMeshLODLevel1FadeTreeDistance=

2844.0000
fMeshLODLevel2FadeDist=3072.00

00
fMeshLODLevel1FadeDist=4096.00

00
iScreenShotIndex=0
bShadowMaskZPrepass=0
bMainZPrepass=0
iMaxSkinDecalsPerFrame=3
iMaxDecalsPerFrame=10
[Grass]
b30GrassVS=0
fGrassStartFadeDistance=3500.000

0
fGrassMaxStartFadeDistance=7000.

0000
fGrassMinStartFadeDistance=400.0

000
[Water]
iWaterReflectHeight=512
iWaterReflectWidth=512
bUseWaterDisplacements=1
bUseWaterRefractions=1
bUseWaterReflections=1
bUseWaterDepth=1
[MAIN]
fSkyCellRefFadeDistance=150000.0

000
bGamepadEnable=0
bCrosshairEnabled=1
fHUDOpacity=1.0000
bSaveOnPause=1
bSaveOnTravel=1
bSaveOnWait=1
bSaveOnRest=1
[interface]
fMouseCursorSpeed=1.0000
bDialogueSubtitles=0
bGeneralSubtitles=0
bShowCompass=1
[GamePlay]
bShowFloatingQuestMarkers=1
bShowQuestMarkers=1
iDifficulty=2
[Controls]
bUseKinect=0
fMouseHeadingSensitivity=0.0125
fGamepadHeadingSensitivity=1.900

0
bAlwaysRunByDefault=1
bInvertYValues=0
bGamePadRumble=1
[Particles]
iMaxDesired=750
[saveGame]
fAutosaveEveryXMins=15.0000
[AudioMenu]
fAudioMasterVolume=1.0000
fVal7=1.0000
uID7=0
fVal6=1.0000
uID6=0
fVal5=1.0000
uID5=0
fVal4=1.0000
uID4=0
fVal3=0.5000
uID3=466532
fVal2=0.8000
uID2=554685
fVal1=0.8000
uID1=1007612
fVal0=1.0000
uID0=94881
[Clouds]
fCloudLevel2Distance=262144.000

0
fCloudLevel1Distance=32768.0000
fCloudLevel0Distance=16384.0000
fCloudNearFadeDistance=9000.000

0
[General]
iStoryManagerLoggingEvent=-1
bEnableStoryManagerLogging=0
[TerrainManager]
fTreeLoadDistance=25000.0000
fBlockMaximumDistance=100000.0

000
fBlockLevel1Distance=32768.0000
fBlockLevel0Distance=20480.0000
fSplitDistanceMult=0.7500
bShowLODInEditor=0
[Trees]
bRenderSkinnedTrees=1
uiMaxSkinnedTreesToRender=40
[Decals]
uMaxDecals=100
[LOD]
fLODFadeOutMultSkyCell=1.0000
fLODFadeOutMultObjects=5.0000
fLODFadeOutMultItems=3.0000
fLODFadeOutMultActors=6.0000

 

 

The full screen fix looked like this

 

[General]

fBrightLightColorB=1.0000

fBrightLightColorG=1.0000

fBrightLightColorR=1.0000

iStoryManagerLoggingEvent=-1

bEnableStoryManagerLogging=0

[imagespace]

bDoDepthOfField=1

[Display]

iBlurDeferredShadowMask=5

fInteriorShadowDistance=3000.0000

fShadowDistance=2500.0000

iShadowMapResolutionSecondary=1024

iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=2048

iShadowSplitCount=2

iMaxAnisotropy=8

fLeafAnimDampenDistEnd=4600.0000

fLeafAnimDampenDistStart=3600.0000

fTreesMidLODSwitchDist=3600.0000

fGamma=1.0000

iShadowFilter=3

fDecalLOD2=1500.0000

fDecalLOD1=1000.0000

fSpecularLODStartFade=500.0000

fShadowLODStartFade=200.0000

fLightLODStartFade=1000.0000

iTexMipMapMinimum=0

iTexMipMapSkip=0

bTransparencyMultisampling=0

iWaterMultiSamples=0

iMultiSample=0

iShadowMode=3

bTreesReceiveShadows=0

bDrawLandShadows=0

bDrawShadows=1

bFull Screen=1

iSize H=768

iSize W=1024

fMeshLODFadePercentDefault=1.2000

fMeshLODFadeBoundDefault=256.0000

fMeshLODLevel2FadeTreeDistance=2048.0000

fMeshLODLevel1FadeTreeDistance=2844.0000

fMeshLODLevel2FadeDist=3072.0000

fMeshLODLevel1FadeDist=4096.0000

iScreenShotIndex=2

bShadowMaskZPrepass=0

bMainZPrepass=0

iMaxSkinDecalsPerFrame=3

iMaxDecalsPerFrame=10

fShadowBiasScale=1.0000

bFloatPointRenderTarget=1

iShadowMaskQuarter=4

iShadowMapResolution=1024

bFXAAEnabled=0

[Grass]

b30GrassVS=0

fGrassStartFadeDistance=3500.0000

fGrassMaxStartFadeDistance=7000.0000

fGrassMinStartFadeDistance=0.0000

[Water]

iWaterReflectHeight=512

iWaterReflectWidth=512

bUseWaterDisplacements=1

bUseWaterRefractions=1

bUseWaterReflections=1

bUseWaterDepth=1

[MAIN]

bGamepadEnable=1

bCrosshairEnabled=1

fHUDOpacity=1.0000

bSaveOnPause=1

bSaveOnTravel=1

bSaveOnWait=1

bSaveOnRest=1

fSkyCellRefFadeDistance=150000.0000

[GamePlay]

bShowFloatingQuestMarkers=1

bShowQuestMarkers=1

iDifficulty=2

[interface]

bDialogueSubtitles=0

bGeneralSubtitles=0

bShowCompass=1

[Controls]

fGamepadHeadingSensitivity=1.0000

fMouseHeadingSensitivity=0.0125

bAlwaysRunByDefault=1

bInvertYValues=0

bGamePadRumble=1

bMouseAcceleration=1

[Particles]

iMaxDesired=750

[saveGame]

fAutosaveEveryXMins=15.0000

[AudioMenu]

fAudioMasterVolume=1.0000

fVal7=1.0000

uID7=0

fVal6=1.0000

uID6=0

fVal5=1.0000

uID5=0

fVal4=1.0000

uID4=0

fVal3=1.0000

uID3=94881

fVal2=0.4000

uID2=466532

fVal1=1.0000

uID1=554685

fVal0=0.8000

uID0=1007612

[Clouds]

fCloudLevel2Distance=262144.0000

fCloudLevel1Distance=32768.0000

fCloudLevel0Distance=16384.0000

fCloudNearFadeDistance=9000.0000

[TerrainManager]

fTreeLoadDistance=25000.0000

fBlockMaximumDistance=100000.0000

fBlockLevel1Distance=32768.0000

fBlockLevel0Distance=20480.0000

fSplitDistanceMult=0.7500

bShowLODInEditor=0

[NavMesh]

fObstacleAlpha=0.5000

fCoverSideHighAlpha=0.8000

fCoverSideLowAlpha=0.6500

fEdgeFullAlpha=1.0000

fEdgeHighAlpha=0.7500

fEdgeLowAlpha=0.5000

fTriangleFullAlpha=0.7000

fTriangleHighAlpha=0.3500

fTriangleLowAlpha=0.2000

fLedgeBoxHalfHeight=25.0000

fEdgeDistFromVert=10.0000

fEdgeThickness=10.0000

fPointSize=2.5000

[Trees]

bRenderSkinnedTrees=1

uiMaxSkinnedTreesToRender=20

[Decals]

uMaxDecals=100

[LOD]

fLODFadeOutMultObjects=5.0000

fLODFadeOutMultItems=3.0000

fLODFadeOutMultActors=6.0000

fLODFadeOutMultSkyCell=1.0000

[Launcher]

bEnableFileSelection=1

So What do I do? I have tried subscribing to mods on steam and they say they are installed when I run the game but I can't see that they are enabled. I would like to be able to run NMM or MO but every troubleshooting guide I have tried doesn't work

Edited December 5, 2013 by elokinsremmus

[Georgiegril]

Why are you not using the default locations? It may solve your problem/

[elokinsremmus]

That's where the files generated. I can't figure out how to change that. There is no My Games in Documents. I'm running win7 all permissions are set to admin .

Edited December 5, 2013 by elokinsremmus

[Lord Garon]

If your savegames, etc, are winding up in the wrong directory, you need to fix that before anything else. Most Windows programs utilize system variables to identify storage locations. It sounds like there has been a change to your system environment variables.

 

Let me ask a couple questions:

1. Do you have Windows on an SSD? Did you move any folders around to make room or reduce writes to the SSD?

2. What version of Windows do you have?

 

What data gets saved where is a profile issue. Just as a quick check, please try this:

 

1. Call up a command prompt. (Start button->type cmd in the search box->click on cmd.exe)

2. type in the following and hit ENTER: echo %USERPROFILE%

 

You "should" get C:\Users\"your-login-name" for a standard local account. Let me know what you get (you needn't give out your login name, just tell me if its correct) and the answers to the other two questions.

Edited December 5, 2013 by Lord Garon

[elokinsremmus]

I am Running Win7 No secondary Drive I'm running off a sony Vaio laptop.

No files were moved. This is my Second install of Skyrim, Before I re-installed This time I did a full removal, reg clean, etc. I had no trace of skyrim but the backup i put in my downloads folder.

 

Yes when I did the cmd thing I did get C:\users\username

[Lord Garon]

Thanks. The FullScreen Fix ini looks okay, at any rate.

 

Couple more questions before we muck around with the system:

1. Has Skyrim EVER run correctly on your machine, or is this a recent problem?

2. Do you share this computer with other users, ie, is it on a network or just your personal computer hooked to the Internet?

 

 

Its very important to be specific about directory names now. You say there is no "My Games" folder under "Documents". Click on "Documents" to select it, then right-click and select Properties. Make sure "My Documents" is in the folder list and the pathname is (C:\Users\YourUsername) and that its ticked if a checkbox is there. Click OK. If you expand YourUsername-->My Documents can you see "My Games"? How about other "MY" folders, like "My Music" and "My Pictures"?

[elokinsremmus]

1: As far as I can tell no. I originally had the razor version. But I had the same issue So I went and bought it cause someone told me about the sale. So I figured for 15$ I can support em and get a working game I can mod.

 

2: It's my personal Laptop. There is only my account

 

So I was a bit confused but I right-clicked properties for the Documents folder in Libraries, Here's what it looked like I also have my sidebar for the folders and the regular documents properties

http://imageshack.com/a/img22/5633/pv5g.jpg

 

I can't seem to make the documents folder in c:\users\me to unset read only. I uncheck click apply and ok and when i reopen it it's still read only.

The My Pics, Music etc aren't in Documents cause it's win7 so they have their own section

 

I'm in the process of saving my stuff to an external so I can Dban and restore windows hoping a fresh install and clean HDD will help

 

Also wanna say thank you for taking the time to help me troubleshoot this :) I have been having a hell of a time trying to get someone to help me

Edited December 5, 2013 by elokinsremmus

[Lord Garon]

The "Documents" issue isn't really a problem, you can add "My Documents" to the library; I'm just trying to figure out why you can't see the directory "My Games". It should have been created during install.

 

The Read-Only attribute on the directory is normal, you cannot reset it.

 

If you want to try a quick fix instead of reinstalling:

 

1. Right-click on your "My Documents" folder and make a new "My Games" folder

2. Right-click on the new "My Games" and create a new "Skyrim" folder

3. Launch Steam and verify the integrity of the game files; it may restore your linkages

 

EDIT: I can only hope you are being honest with me right now and have bought the game; they will ban me for helping a pirate.

Edited December 5, 2013 by Lord Garon

[elokinsremmus]

I know. I am. I do not want to get banned either I can supply my steam receipt # if they ask. But I wasn't sure if maybe that might have messed up my install path.... which is why i mentioned it. I did try deleting the folder in appdata then relaunching and it recreated the folder in appdata. I will try it again and run the integrity check this time. this is crazy.

 

Edit: So I did that and it said 2 files blah bah. So I checked the new folder I made c:\users\me\documents\my games\skyrim Nothing, and Nothing in appdata. BUT a My Games folder was created on C:\ So the path is C:\My Games\Skyrim but the folder is empty

Re-launched and it still created the folder in Appdata. *sigh*

Edited December 5, 2013 by elokinsremmus

[Lord Garon]

I know. I am. I do not want to get banned either I can supply my steam receipt # if they ask. But I wasn't sure if maybe that might have messed up my install path.... which is why i mentioned it. I did try deleting the folder in appdata then relaunching and it recreated the folder in appdata. I will try it again and run the integrity check this time. this is crazy.

 

Edit: So I did that and it said 2 files blah bah. So I checked the new folder I made c:\users\me\documents\my games\skyrim Nothing, and Nothing in appdata. BUT a My Games folder was created on C:\ So the path is C:\My Games\Skyrim but the folder is empty

Re-launched and it still created the folder in Appdata. *sigh*

 

Yeah, was afraid of something like this. I would suspect the "previous" install mucked around with storage locations. From my end, I would now ask you to look at some registry locations that contain pathnames for various "default" storage locations which the "previous" install may have changed. This could get involved; if you are going to re-install Windows anyways, that may be the best way to restore the things that I am going to ask you to check next. Back-and-forth in a forum is probably slower, and more error prone, than re-installing.

 

For example, fire up regedit and navigate to:

 

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders

 

This key contains entries which Windows uses to make a "guess" as to where certain data is stored. In particular, I'm interested in the "Personal" value. On my machine, it looks like:

 

Personal REG_EXPAND_SZ %USERPROFILE%\Documents

 

Does yours point to %USERPROFILE%\Documents? (We know %USERPROFILE% is correct already)

 

(these are the kind of things I will ask) In fact, thinking about it, I don't know if this will actually help other people who read this thread, or not. (It IS an issue; people are moving folders off of SSD's at an amazing rate and it causes just these type problems) I think its time to punt and let you re-install.

Edited December 5, 2013 by Lord Garon