Because of the fact that my computer runs some high end music studio software not common among the general public, it is highly probable that my issue is fairly isolated. Not understanding what was occurring I never considered that. [Edit] After writing all that stuff below this that may be of interest to you or not -- LOL, I think I know what is wrong. I installed Skyrim (TESV.exe) in "E:/Games/SteamApps/common/Skyrim." I installed MO in the same place - folder with TESV.exe. My MO log files are in "E:/Games/SteamApps/common/Skyrim/Mod Organizer/Logs" and include "mo_interface.log", "ModOrganizer.log" and four logs with the format "ModOrganizer_XX_XX_XX_XX_XX.log." I unticked "hidden" in "...djwolf/AppData and chose folders and subfolders and double-checked the properties of "Local" just to be certain. This caused a lot of files to appear. However, while ...Appdata/Local had a Skyrim Folder with a NMM backup, Bethesda plugins text files, etc. there was no Mod Organizer folder in Local at all. After a file search of the Appdata folder to ensure senility wasn't in play, all that was there were some MO shortcuts in the ...Roaming/Windows tree. It isn't just OpenSSL that MO can't find. How do I fix this without messing up my 90+ mods? Or must I just start from scratch anyway? And, thank you sir for your aid. ______________________________ (of uncertain interest) LOL I came here looking for assistance in solving a software error but not without baggage. I had been playing and modding Bethesda's resurrection of Skyrim with their all in one special Edition and realized that the changes Bethesda had made did not benefit the PC market at all. Without boring you too much, the PC market is diminishing as the Console and phone market expands and that is all that the game companies see. On returning to the original Skyrim I was stunned by how sharp and superior the original vanilla game was. And, I can imagine another future. Imagine if some of the more outdated issues of the game engine could be solved where players could manually assign memory and CPU capacity to it. Imagine a Tamriel and other games worlds where the modding community wasn't just supported by the games companies but assisted. You want to create a community in Riverwood using our user-friendly, drag and drop character creator, and use your friends to voice them? Go ahead. You can even script a drama with our animator package and make a movie. I see games as more than games. I see a future where companies like Bethesda would be blue chip selling a game like an ever-expanding Skyrim to everyone, everywhere because no single game would be the same because Skyrim would no longer be a game but rather a genre. However, due to corporate blindness, these greedy, grubby people only see the now and have the misguided understanding that only by exercising total control can they gain the profits they seek. They are wrong. People will not simply take what is given them. They are completely blind to the fact that with minimal investment they could gain unlimited content. MO is dying not because you guys and the guys at Nexus, Github and elsewhere aren't doing an incredible job out of love for what you are doing and what you can imagine and you are doing this using the basis of co-operation rather than competition but because you are being deliberately targeted and thwarted by the games companies. Mod Organizer for X-Box? I cleaned my master files in Skyrim and it took me about three minutes. I've been told that doing so increases the stability of my game if I mod it. If I don't it makes no difference. So, as the team at Bethesda were raising their glasses to toast the completion of SSE, and "Frank" the junior programmer asked, "Are we cleaning these edits before we ship it off to marketing?" knowing that he could do it while his mates gathered their belongings to go to lunch, what was the response? No man hours were involved - this was like a straightening your pens and getting rid of the burger wrappers on your desk kind of deal. I would have loved to know what they said. I would love it if just ONE PC or games magazine asked them why they didn't clean their desk? I'm telling you all this not because I believe you are particularly interested... :) but rather because in my effort to be brief I allowed you to think that I don't hold you, those you work with, Gopher (who entertains as he teaches), and everyone within the modding community in the highest regard. Often I'm plainly wrong or I've made assumptions... but I'm not alone there. BTW, I love Mod Organizer and I can't wait for MO2 as long as I don't have to play Skyrim SE and I would love to see an expert discussion on the differences between these two games. So.. yeah...