How Can I Safely Reinstall My Game Without Messing Up Vortex?

[Terfel]

So I want to reinstall my Skyrim SE which is managed by Vortex, without messing anything up, or losing my load order and having to redownload mods.

 

How can this be done?

Edited March 12, 2020 by Terfel

[Pickysaurus]

If you plan to install it to the exact same folder it's currently in, do this.

 

1) In Vortex, click "Purge" in the mods tab.

2) Close Vortex. Do NOT open it again until the game is reinstalled.

3) Delete Skyrim SE and redownload from Steam.

4) Run Skyrim SE at least once after it installs.

5) Open Vortex and click "deploy".

 

Note: If you installed anything manually (like SKSE/Reshade/ENB) you'll need to reinstall that too.

[Terfel]

Worked like a charm.

 

Thank you very much for you fast and helpful response!

[rmm200]

Unlike a lot of forums - the Admins here are both good and useful.

Not to mention - Tannin is a frequent commenter as well.