Failed to initialize LOOT (0.17.11)

[FeMaidenVG]

I just installed Vortex. My OS is windows 64 bit. I already had three games that Vortex manages installed Skyrim, Stardew valley and Enderal. When I moved them from discovered to managed I got the following error:

Failed to initialize LOOT

Error: Given game path "null" does not resolve to a valid directory.
at c.handleResponse (C:\Program Files\Black Tree Gaming Ltd\Vortex\resources\app.asar.unpacked\bundledPlugins\gamebryo-plugin-management\index.js:45:84593)
at Socket.e.on.e (C:\Program Files\Black Tree Gaming Ltd\Vortex\resources\app.asar.unpacked\bundledPlugins\gamebryo-plugin-management\index.js:45:83366)
at emitOne (events.js:116:13)
at Socket.emit (events.js:211:7)
at addChunk (_stream_readable.js:263:12)
at readableAddChunk (_stream_readable.js:250:11)
at Socket.Readable.push (_stream_readable.js:208:10)
at Pipe.onread (net.js:594:20)

 

Any advice would be appreciated.

 

[Pickysaurus]

Can you try going into "Games" on Vortex and click the little + on Skyrim, like so

Is the "Path" shown in my screenshot similar to what you see? If it's blank click "Manually set location" and navigate to your Skyrim install folder.

[FeMaidenVG]

Skyrim is indeed in the specified folder which for me was C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim . I'm going to try reinstalling Vortex tomorrow and hope that fixes it.

[rmm200]

Putting your game folder into Program Files has some real downsides.

Beside chewing up space that most people can't afford (Your only disk?), there are serious permission issues.

I recommend putting your Steam games ANYWHERE other than Program Files.

If C: it is, C:/Games/Steam works really well.

[FeMaidenVG]

uninstalling and reinstalling seems to have fixed it. Thanks for the advice rmm200 i might move my games later.