Steam loads into wrong folder

[steinbeck]

I found that Skyrim is loaded into a folder on my C drive named creative assembly. It has shogun 2 inside. (which I didn't know about). It seems my g/son d/l this and now when I try to delete and install skyrim again it tells me it is opeen somewhere? So I can't delete this and NMM tries to install into this and obvously wont as something is missind!.. Skyrim esm..

 

So my question is......how can I install Mods manually and where do they go?

 

 

thanks for any help on this.

 

I did try to delete using ...... cmd c:\path......then the path to creative assembly but no joy.

 

 

Don

[Georgiegril]

It sounds like there was something left of your old game that steam recognized, possibly a missed folder or a cached file remnant.

 

Try this:

1. Delete local content through steam.

2. Log off steam.

3. Manually move or delete all other folders related to Skyrim (not just files in this case folders, as you want to install somewhere else) This will include the folders in your program files folder as well as those in your documents folder, and move or delete and backup games you had made through steam (put them where steam can't find them, like on a flash drive)

4. Turn off your computer completely (main power switch or unplug, after shutting down properly, of course) to clear your cache.

5. Restart computer after about 10 seconds, log back in.

6. Go back to steam and reinstall the files, paying close attention to the dialog box asking you where to install. Make sure to put it where you want it, especially if the default is for some reason the old location.

 

Hope this helps.

[steinbeck]

Hello and thanks for the input. I have been trying to delete this program for months. Anyway, After I posted here I tried a free prog' called unlocker, which I tried yesterday and the prog I wanted to lose did disappear. But this am it was back there. So I deleted it again, but this time I made a system restore, returned, emptied the recyle binm and then restarted Windows.

 

This has worked and I have been able to reload Skyrim properly it appears. Now to see if NMM finds it properly which it wasn't doing earlier.

 

 

There are some very good 'FREE' programmes on Gizmo Freeviews

 

 

Again thanks

 

 

Don fingers crossed!