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Deleting Data file manually to remove mods during reinstall


Borborygmus

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im having a lot of mod problems. (WiS doesnt work at all, it just randomly stopped oneday) so i thought i could delete skyrim and reinstall, doing mods more properly this time.

 

i uninstalled skyrim, and reinstalled, but all mods were still active and present in data file. i had thought they would get deleted automatically, but i was wrong.

 

i want to know if i will do damage by manually deleting all my mods, and then the data folder, and THEN uninstalling skyrim, and then finally reinstalling.

 

i just want to get back to vanilla so i can figure out what went wrong, and install mods more consciously this time.

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im having a lot of mod problems. (WiS doesnt work at all, it just randomly stopped oneday) so i thought i could delete skyrim and reinstall, doing mods more properly this time.

 

i uninstalled skyrim, and reinstalled, but all mods were still active and present in data file. i had thought they would get deleted automatically, but i was wrong.

 

i want to know if i will do damage by manually deleting all my mods, and then the data folder, and THEN uninstalling skyrim, and then finally reinstalling.

 

i just want to get back to vanilla so i can figure out what went wrong, and install mods more consciously this time.

 

if u go to "C:\Users\curentuser\Documents\My Games\Skyrim" u will see some folders there just copy the saves folder to your desktop(it contains all your saves and character info) delete the rest ,and be sure to manulay delete bethseda/skyrim folder in c/programfiles , some files tend to stay, and reinstal skyrim, then u will have a fresh copy and just put saves folder back to place, nothing lost of saves,character and level/items =P

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thanks guys, i am trying to copy my saves and manually delete the game now. here goes nothing. i figure a reinstall will fix whatever i delete improperly, yeah?

 

before i proceed, do i need to take any action with NMM? will it just try to re download missing parts to and mods it has stored?, should i delete all the mods from there first?

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