Vortex Stuck on Preparing Game for Modding (1.10.8)

[awstorm337]

I just updated Vortex to 1.10.8 and now I'm having all kinds of problems. 

When I open Vortex I get a Denied Access error message and have to allow access. I can't run it as administrator, it never opens. I've never had this message before.

I'm trying to play SSE which I got from Steam but I'm stuck with a Preparing Game for Modding notification. This loaded correctly a few weeks ago.

On top of that, I'm getting an SSE Plugin Loader Error when I try to launch the game. I've never gotten this error before.

I have 210 active mods, but the mods I most recently added that I didn't have before this error are listed below. 

I do not get the Access Denied Error or the Preparing Game for Modding notification when I launch with Fallout 4 active instead. I only have 37 active mods on Fallout 4. 

Both Skyrim and Fallout 4 are on the same drive as Vortex. The Mods Staging Folder is the Mods folder below, the Downloads Folder is the one below.

My computer specs are:
Alienware X51 R3
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700 CPU @ 3.40GHz
16 GB Ram 
64-bit operating system 
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Alienware 026CD3 A00

The game was totally fine a few weeks ago the last time I was able to play. It ran smoothly, no hiccups or bugs. 
Has anyone else had this problem? Are there any known fixes? Can someone help walk me through some troubleshooting? Any assistance is appreciated. If you need more information please let me know, I'm desperate to play again. 

[Pickysaurus]

Sounds like you've locked your Skyrim folder behind admin permissions. 

 

Try these steps https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/topic/-access-denied-or-other-errors-when-you-access-or-work-with-files-and-folders-in-windows-219af563-1953-ab4a-f17e-b0182755214e

[awstorm337]

That worked for solving the Access Denied error, not sure how I imagined to lock myself out like that but it's fixed

Edit: I went back to open it later and it's locked again. Not sure what caused it.

Edited March 19, 2024 by awstorm337

[awstorm337]

Apologies for the poor quality and the censored bit. 

This is what pops up when I click Allow Access to the Vortex Access Denied error. The tmp- is always different. 
I'm not sure if this helps but I don't know what else to do or try. 

[Pickysaurus]

Sounds like you might have also locked Vortex's appdata folder behind an admin requirement. This tends to happen if you launch Vortex as admin then try to use it without admin elevation again. 

[awstorm337]

Launched Vortex today and didn't get the pop-up, plus that annoying Preparing Game for Modding notification finally loaded completely and went away.

Thank you for trying to help me, I'm really not that tech-savvy so I'm not sure what exactly fixed the problems, but I hope if anyone else has these issues this thread will help them figure it out.