Creation Kit not launching properly?

[akaTelamon]

I found this thread because I had the same problem with Skyrim Special Edition. I did some tinkering and I believe I've found the solution, though I can't guarantee it won't have unintended side effects.

Looking at the error message that I was getting when attempting to load Creation Kit, it said that I could bypass this Version check by setting "bUseVersionControl=" to 0 in the ConstructionSet.ini file.

I did see other users wondering what the heck that was, but during my research I also learned that the Creation Kit used to be called Construction Set back in the day.

So using my critical thinking skills, I instead opened up the CreationKit.ini file in my SE directory, and sure enough, I found that the very first line under "General" was.... bUseVersionControl=0.

Not wanting to tamper with this ini file, I instead copied it to the same folder and renamed the copy to "ConstructionSet"

 

And... open sesame.

 

Now all I have to do is remember why I even needed to open CK this way in the first place.

[pwnby]

To add to your post, I was having the same issue. The file I was missing is called SkyrimEditor.ini and SkyrimEditorPrefs.ini, in case anyone else has this problem.