TWrekt Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 So I recently started modding Skyrim again, and installed a bunch of mods and it didn't turn out well. So I decided to start over from scratch and completely removed any trace of Skyrim on my PC, and then reinstalled it. Yet I'm still having CTDs upon trying to start a new game, completely unmodded atm. Previously when I had the mods installed I could load into the game, but any time I loaded a cell with NPCs the game would crash. I obviously couldn't figure out why and just gave up, but now I have no mods installed and the game is still crashing when the intro-cutscene is about to start. No clue why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauserl Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Did you manually clean your game folder too? Sometimes old files reside there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWrekt Posted February 24, 2021 Author Share Posted February 24, 2021 Yeah, I completely deleted the Skyrim folder. Even deleted the Skyrim folder in my games that holds the .ini and such. I removed every trace I could find of Skyrim, just to make sure. But apparently it didn't help much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyYou Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Check in your C:\users\whateveryourusernameis\app data\Skyrim folder as well. Any leftovers in there can bite you too. May not hurt to grab Revo Uninstaller Portable, and use that for your reinstall. It will also scan for any leftover files/registry entries that the standard uninstaller doesn't seem to get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wfandrews Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 I second the Revo uninstaller option. It is what I use when creating a vanilla game. I would advise you to be careful when deleting registry files with Revo, I got careless once and ended up having to reinstall my OS. Do not forget that Steam keeps many of your game files in the cloud and unless you have this option disabled Steam will load those files when you install the game, sometime defeating the purpose of reinstalling the game in the first p;ace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Algabar Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Did you try to start a new game? If your save game has leftover data from previously installed mods baked into it, this might be the reason for CTDs even on a "Vanilla" setup. As others have mentioned before, a save game cleaner might help - or not. Not everything is fixable. So, I'd at least run some tests with a fresh game. If the game still crashes, it's an installation problem. If it doesn't, it's a problem with your save game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wfandrews Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 If you create a "Vanilla" game you have no choice but to start a new game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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