smr1957 Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 You need to launch the game once using the vanilla launcher before you use the Script Extender launcher (SFSE) on any new install of the Script Extender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbw52b Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 So I noticed that the sfse_loader.exe was not listed as an application in my steam folder. It was originally listed as a .symlink. I opened the SFSE folder from Vortex, deleted the .symlink file in the Steam/steamapps/common/Starfield folder and copied the sfse_loader.exe back into the steam folder. It's now an application and it seems to have fixed the issue. I am running on a Windows 11 PC so I have no idea if that has anything to do with it. I also did the same with the .dll file just to make sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capnflapjack93 Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 So I noticed that the sfse_loader.exe was not listed as an application in my steam folder. It was originally listed as a .symlink. I opened the SFSE folder from Vortex, deleted the .symlink file in the Steam/steamapps/common/Starfield folder and copied the sfse_loader.exe back into the steam folder. It's now an application and it seems to have fixed the issue. I am running on a Windows 11 PC so I have no idea if that has anything to do with it. I also did the same with the .dll file just to make sure. You're a god, this fixed it for me! Thanks so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mith1337 Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 I had this issue as well. I noticed that i was running Starfield.exe as an administrator, after I disabled that it ran fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfhorse60 Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 If this is happening to anyone now, I was having the same issue. I updated baka acheivement enabler and problem went away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostJaah Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 Self-explanatory problem. I set it to that folder, installed mods just fine, try to launch the game and...it can't find the exe. It's right there in the Content folder of the game. Why is not launching? Does it get funky with trying to use mods from the PC Game Pass Xbox app rather than Steam?I was just playing the game last night, thru SFSE_loader.exe. I had to install the new updated version. The game launched fine, i played for an hour, woke up this morning and... SFSE says it can't find Starfield.exe, even though I'm looking at the folder and every file is where it's supposed to be. This is nuts. The game does run if I launch it from Steam, but not if i launch it either thru Vortex, or by double clicking SFSE.exe in the Starfield folder. Okay, this was weird. Been trying for over an hour to figure out what was messed up, even dragging and dropping the SFSE files back into the "Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Starfield" Starfield folder, rebooting the computer, etc... I tried launching it thru the sfse_loader.exe and it always came up with the same error message. So I was wondering what was up with Starfield.exe. I R-clicked and looked at properties, it looked fine. I double clicked sfse_loader.exe and it ran just fine. WTF?? Did simply looking at the Starfield.exe properties remedy this?? I'm really confused now, but the game runs thru SFSE, so.... idk why but i just tried the same thing and after looking at properties of starfield.exe it launched from vortex no issue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wseymour73 Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 Check that the options for SFSE in Vortex are pointing to your Starfield folder. Mine was trying to launch the copy of SFSE in the mods folder, two levels down the directory tree. Once I changed it to ".../Starfield/" it started up just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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