BSOD while using Nexus Mod Manager - now crashes on startup.

[KnMazerus]

Greetings.

 

I had a BSOD (nvlddmkm.sys) while I was using the mod manager to reinstall some texture packs for Skyrim - and now every time I try to start the mod manager it crashes and creates a dump file.

I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the mod manager and even had steam check the integrity of the game, but I'm guessing it doesn't have anything to do with the game itself. The game itself behaves perfectly without the mod manager. I haven't tried reinstalling the game and removing any mods as of yet, but I might try soon.

 

Upon computer reboot the system did a quick check on the D drive, but I wasn't paying attention to any details, unfortunately.

 

Any ideas of what could be causing this? Thanks in advance.

 

Note: I am using Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit.

 

 

[KnMazerus]

I've tried re-installing Skyrim and removing the mods, but still no progress. Installing an earlier version of NMM didn't help either.

 

I can't make sense of the crash dump myself. The message says something about a hexadecimal value (0x00) being an invalid sign and the trace points to some System.Xml files, which upon googling turns out to belong to .NET Framework - but re-installing and repairing that didn't help either.

 

I don't know what to do anymore. Help, someone?

[SomeRabi]

im also having this issuse i downloaded the update and now it wont work on start up! :(

[nexusux]

Same issue, just trying to reinstall the mod manager, let's see if it works

[Shattywack]

I know this is now an old posting but I just wanted to say that I have just had this issue today while downloading a texture pack for Skyrim. Though for me it blue screened three times in a row. I went into safe mode, deleted what I thought to be potential threats and restarted my computer to have it launch normally with no issues. However when I tried launching NMM a window popped up simply saying NMM has stopped working. The thing that truly puzzles me is that I didn't delete a single thing related to NMM yet it seems to have been the source. Also my anti virus didn't pick up any anomalies before or after the incident. Tried re-downloading NMM to no effect.

 

I got Nexus Mod Manager running again by simply going to its folder which was located in C:/ProgramFiles named Nexus Mod Manager and re-naming it NMM. I didn't change the location or anything which also puzzles me. How could just simply renaming a folder fix an issue such as this? No clue but it worked.

Edited February 6, 2013 by Shattywack

[Deleted4305879User]

Shattywack's fix is workng, but i am no longer able to download mods from browser using NMM ... :/

Edited June 18, 2013 by Guest

[UltraX7]

I know I'm reviving a long-dead thread, but people will obviously continue to have this problem (as have I just under an hour ago) and I have something worthwhile to contribute.

 

As DropaDred said, Shattywack's fix (renaming the program's folder to simply 'NMM') works, but also renders the program incapable of receiving .nxm links from the 'Download with Manager' button on mod pages. I have a solution however (for Windows 7 at least, probably works for other Windows OS' aswell).

 

Firstly, open Regedit on your PC. To find it if you don't know how, simply search for it in the Start Menu. Then one after the other, navigate to the following subkeys and delete them (along with everything in them, of course):

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.nxm

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.nxm

Next, close Regedit and open Task Manager (press Ctrl+Alt+Del and choose 'Task Manager', for those who don't know). Go to the Processes tab, find 'explorer.exe', click it and then click 'End Process'. Windows will disappear, but fear not! Go back to the Applications tab in Task Manager, click 'New task...' and type the following and press the enter key:

C:\Windows\explorer.exe

Windows should return. Now, completely uninstall Nexus Mod Manager, including its configuration files - do not just reinstall NMM over the top of your current installation, it won't work. You won't lose your mods! Going through uninstalling would add some unnecessary steps to this post, so I will omit that - it's easy though, and if you don't know how you can easily Google it. If you renamed your installation folder to 'NMM', you will need to delete that folder in addition to uninstalling Nexus Mod Manager. This is because any method of uninstallation will attempt to remove the location you originally installed it to, which would be 'Nexus Mod Manager' for most. It will clean up a lot of files that need to be gotten rid of from around the system, but it will leave the 'NMM' folder, which it will not know is where the program is now.

 

Once you've uninstalled Nexus Mod Manager, install it once more. This time around, install it to 'C:\Program Files\NMM' or another directory that suits you, but do not install it to the same directory it was originally installed to. Also, make sure that 'Associate NXM: URLs with Nexus Mod Manager' is ticked in the list of options (I recommend you tick everything except the one that mentions the shell extensions.

 

You will need to log in again and put your preferred settings in again, but Nexus Mod Manager should now function as new, with your mods still there! So that's it, hope I helped :smile:

 

 

A note to moderators who may be reading this post:

I ask that this be put somewhere where anyone can easily see it, rather than letting it be buried with the thread as more threads pile above it. I have had numerous problems with NMM that threads of my own about have not received answers for and that I have had to dig deep to find a solution; it's painful, and I'm sure a lot of unfortunate users with unusual problems like this don't have the will to dig as deep as they may need to in order to find this information. Of course, this is at your discretion, I simply ask it of you.