FOMM not detecting mods

[TokoFukawa]

I recently installed the updated version of Fallout Mod Manager but it won't detect my mods (they don't show up in the package manager list). The only one i managed to install was a FOMOD file but the .esp/whatever files in the game's data folder aren't recognized. I tried looking up guides online but a good portion of them are outdated.

 

To add - Nexus Mod Manager won't recognize anything either. I extracted all the .esp files to my data folder like every modding guide instructed to do so. Would someone mind telling me what I'm doing wrong, and how to fix it.

[dubiousintent]

We need more information. Usually if a mod manager is not seeing installed plugins, it's because it is not looking in the correct location.

 

Where did you install the game to (full path from the drive letter)?

 

Where did you install FOMM to (full path again)?

 

See the linked tutorials under "Mod Managers" section of the wiki "FNV General Mod Use Advice" article.

 

* Did you install Steam to it's default location? If so, please see the wiki "Installing Games on Windows Vista+" article for why the original default Steam behavior of installing games to the "C:\Program Files" or "C:\Program Files(x86)" folder tree was bad (they learned better, and don't do that any more); and why "disabling UAC and running as Administrator" is NOT sufficient, with instructions how to move it. This is the single most important thing you can do to fix and protect yourself against problems in the future. As much of a PITA as that is, it's never going to be any easier than now. System updates often cause issues with games installed to these folder trees. Please see the 'Restoring to "Vanilla"' section of the wiki "FNV General Mod Use Advice" article as well.

Disabling "User Account Control" (UAC) only stops Windows from prompting you to grant "administrative" credentials to an application that the system says must have a "UAC elevation". Disabling UAC does not automatically then enable the permission for such applications. Instead, (for all intents and purposes) it automatically denies them. (Please read this MS article on how it works in Win10. The basics have been there since the inception of UAC with Vista.)

If you did move Steam out of the default location, then likely any access privilege problem is one of "File and Folder permissions" on the parent "root" folder under which you installed the games. If this is not set correctly to allow at least "System", "Administrators", and "Users" to have "Full Control" then you can't overwrite other files or make changes. You then need to enable the "Properties | Security | Advanced | Change Permissions" setting of the parent folder to enable the box: "Replace all child object permissions with inheritable permissions from this object", so those changes get applied to the existing files and sub-folders.

-Dubious-