Darklustre

ChatGPT is pretty awesome in a lot of ways but I made the mistake of taking its advice to manually delete a stuck download that wasn't installing. I think it was right after this that MO2 stopped being able to categorize new mods and it suddenly lost SEEEdit in the executables. Now, it won't initialize the game from SKSE. It also can't run the vanilla from Skyrim Launcher. A new profile will run from Skyrim Launcher, but it can't categorize mods too. ChatGPT is recommending uninstalling and reinstalling MO2. Do you agree or is there something else I can do to fix this?

I've been trying to get SeEdit in the executables for weeks. When I browse the directories for Start In I can find the folder I have it downloaded to but the executables are hidden. When I go to the folder outside of MO2 I have no problem seeing them and it's operating fine. I've added the apps to the firewall, turned off my firewall altogether and tried running as admin. The files are hidden every time. I have MO2 v. 2.5 and Windows Defender. What am I missing? I should also mention that I had no trouble setting Loot up in the Executables.

I was following this: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/add-an-exclusion-to-windows-security-811816c0-4dfd-af4a-47e4-c301afe13b26

How do you do that exactly? I added .exe to processes and I still can't see the files. It only gives me files, folders and processes and file types and I've tried with each. I haven't found anything else about how to do that.

Google really doesn't have the answers. I have done what Google said and added the folder to exclusions and when I go to configure MO2, the exes are STILL missing. I'm hoping someone can tell me what to do. I've added both the exe files and the folder the whole mess is in and it's still not viewable through MO2 config.

How do I do that? I've never had to do it before.

The problem is that the .exe files to run SEEdit keep disappearing so I can't configure them in MO2 to be able to clean any of my mods. I've searched for an answer, but running it as admin doesn't help. It keeps hiding the exe files and I can't configure it to MO2 or use the program. Do you know of a fix?

Not sure if this is the right place to post this but please move it where you want it. I've downloaded SEEdit 4.0 to my Modding Tools directory. I open it and can click on the Quick Clean exe and start the program. Of course, I can't clean any mods until I config with MO2. I start doing that and when I navigate to the directory with the exe, they are gone. I'm not sure what to do?

FYI for anyone having the same problem. Apparently WICO has this bizarre feature of randomly setting NPCs essential. There are patches that fix this. I had to try a combination of different mods and patches to finally find one that worked and let me keep my character without deforming her.

Thank you. I deselected my mods in batches and finally took off everything and just ran vanilla, 5-year long intro and all. The only people that were set essential and couldn't be command killed were vendors and quest givers/storyline etc. I think that's normal. So it has to be one of the mods or the dependencies. I'd really appreciate if someone could help me troubleshoot this.

I'm just starting off with Skyrim SE 1.6.1130 and testing out a bunch of mods before cementing them. NPCs are set essential randomly. Kleppr and family, Betrid (who is meant to die in Forsworn Conspiracy), etc. I can't kill them with command kill either. Could one of these mods be causing this? I deselected all the ones I thought might be culprits, but the problem continues. Thanks in advance for any insight.

Thank you, that was very helpful!

Some of my LOOT files got wiped. There's no longer a .exe so I can't run it. I also can't reinstall it so it adds the parts that are missing. It tells me to use Add or Remove Programs but Loot isn't seen there. I could just delete the files manually, but does Loot put files in different places? Please let me know how I should safely remove it. Thanks!

Thank you! Now, to another problem I'm having that's related. I am trying to download Loot but it says there is already a Loot installed. There are some files remaining in my D: where it was installed before, but no .exe. It says to use Add or Remove programs to uninstall it, but I can't located it to remove it. How would you resolve this?

So, since my laptop is failing, is there a directory or something I can go to and copy all my mods and paste them onto an external so that I can just paste them back into MO directory for when my laptop finally fails? I was able to do that with all my Morrowind mods but that was before MO2.