You are correct. I transcribed the path wrong; it should have said "C:UserTheAdminDocumentsMy GamesSkyrimskyrimprefs.ini (which skyrimprefs.ini does not exist in)." I've definitely started Skyrim before, but like DoubleYou said, I may not have used the official SkyrimLauncher. I'll try doing that. EDIT: ran SkyrimLauncher, entered into one of my saved games to make sure it worked, then restarted. Fresh install of MO, same error message as last time. "failed to copy ini file: C:UserTheAdminDocumentsMy GamesSkyrimskyrimprefs.ini (The system cannot find the file specified. [2])" EDIT numero dos: ran MO again, everything works just fine! Thanks for helping me out, everyone!