Vortex tries to run SKSE from the wrong location

[KaptinSponges]

My game is installed at D:\The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim Special Edition

When I launch the game from the arrow on the top left (picture)

 

, i get this error:

 

 

Why is it trying to run it from that folder? SKSE is installed in the normal directory, it should run it from D:\The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim Special Edition\skse64_loader.exe

[HadToRegister]

It's trying to run it from the wrong location because you installed it wrong.
SKSE was unzipped into your Game folder, with the subfolder that's packaged inside the 7z file, that why the path says \Skyrime Special Edition\skse64_2_00_17\skse64_loader.exe

If it was installed correctl the path would be \Skyrime Special Edition\skse64_loader.exe

SKSE install

[ Installation ]

1. Copy the .dll and .exe files to your Skyrim SE directory. This is usually in your Program Files folder under Steam\SteamApps\common\Skyrim Special Edition\. If you see files named SkyrimSE and SkyrimSELauncher, this is the correct folder. Do not copy these files to the Data folder as with a normal mod. The "src" folder is only useful for programmers, most users can ignore it.

2. Copy the .pex files in Data\Scripts\ into the Data\Scripts\ folder of your installation. The .pex files are needed by all users of SKSE.

[KaptinSponges]

 

If you see files named SkyrimSE and SkyrimSELauncher, this is the correct folder.

That's where I extracted the zip file (i.e. the .dll, .exe, and Data folder).

There is no skse64_2_00_17 folder in my skyrim directory

 

 

In other words, skse64_loader.exe and SkyrimSE.exe are in the same folder. Yet Vortex insists on running things from a nonexistent folder?

 

[HadToRegister]

 

 

If you see files named SkyrimSE and SkyrimSELauncher, this is the correct folder.

That's where I extracted the zip file (i.e. the .dll, .exe, and Data folder).

There is no skse64_2_00_17 folder in my skyrim directory

 

 

In other words, skse64_loader.exe and SkyrimSE.exe are in the same folder. Yet Vortex insists on running things from a nonexistent folder?

 

 

 

 

Go to the DASHBOARD....

 

Click on the Three Vertical Dots in the SKSE entry.

Click EDIT

 

Set your START IN, and TARGET entries accordingly, by clicking on the folder and browsing to the EXE for TARGET, and to the Folder for START IN

 

 

Here's what Mine look like

BTW, this is all in the TOOL Setup section of the Knowledge Base

 

TARGET

D:\Games\Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition\skse64_loader.exe

 

START IN

D:\Games\Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition\

 

Your paths from \steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition\ should be the same as mine

 

[Pickysaurus]

 

My game is installed at D:\The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim Special Edition

 

If that's the case, the game is very likely pirated.

[HadToRegister]

 

 

My game is installed at D:\The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim Special Edition

 

If that's the case, the game is very likely pirated.

 

 

 

Nice catch, I should've noticed that from the first screenshot