Vortex isn't letting me unistall any mods

[SirTomatnik]

Sorry, I got confused. The error message refers to the backup of the manifest. Not sure why that is missing, it could be that the version of Vortex you last used to deploy we didn't even create backups yet.

 

The invalid file will be in your skyrim \data directory, something like "D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition\Data\vortex.deployment.json"

I've managed to locate this file, just where you told me to look.

Just to be sure, I delete this file now and then try to purge the mods?

[SirTomatnik]

 

Sorry, I got confused. The error message refers to the backup of the manifest. Not sure why that is missing, it could be that the version of Vortex you last used to deploy we didn't even create backups yet.

 

The invalid file will be in your skyrim \data directory, something like "D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition\Data\vortex.deployment.json"

I've managed to locate this file, just where you told me to look.

Just to be sure, I delete this file now and then try to purge the mods?

 

Could anyone please respond? Just to confirm what I'm doing. I really don't want to screw this up.

[SirTomatnik]

Sorry, I got confused. The error message refers to the backup of the manifest. Not sure why that is missing, it could be that the version of Vortex you last used to deploy we didn't even create backups yet.

 

The invalid file will be in your skyrim \data directory, something like "D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition\Data\vortex.deployment.json"

Well, I found the file, deleted it, then started the purge of the mods and the purging has been going on for a few hours. I'm guessing it's not supposed to take this long even if I have over 200+ mods installed.

Am I supposed to just try and wait this out or does this present yet another problem I have to resolve?

 

EDIT: Ok so I tried to wait it out, but vortex eventually lagged and just closed itself.

Should I try to purge again? or am I just screwed?

And honestly I can't really tell if anything happened but I can still find the mods in the files so I'm guessing this means didn't happen and I should keep on trying again?

Edited April 24, 2023 by SirTomatnik

[Fractalbase]

 

Sorry, I got confused. The error message refers to the backup of the manifest. Not sure why that is missing, it could be that the version of Vortex you last used to deploy we didn't even create backups yet.

 

The invalid file will be in your skyrim \data directory, something like "D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition\Data\vortex.deployment.json"

Well, I found the file, deleted it, then started the purge of the mods and the purging has been going on for a few hours. I'm guessing it's not supposed to take this long even if I have over 200+ mods installed.

Am I supposed to just try and wait this out or does this present yet another problem I have to resolve?

 

EDIT: Ok so I tried to wait it out, but vortex eventually lagged and just closed itself.

Should I try to purge again? or am I just screwed?

And honestly I can't really tell if anything happened but I can still find the mods in the files so I'm guessing this means didn't happen and I should keep on trying again?

 

I've just now run into a similar situation, and fixed the issue by renaming the "Skyrim Special Edition\Data\vortex.deployment.json" to "vortex.deployment.json.previous". Then purging mods in vortex. Then deploying mods.