Re-installing M.O. but keeping the settings

[pistolouco]

        Hey guys, i want to re-install MO because i guess it got corrupted somehow . I also got an unusual error message, asking me to report it to an e-mail that i forgot.What do i need to do, to keep my settings, load order etc ? MO is putting the BSAs of my cleaned DLCs before skyrim vanilla BSAs. Is it right ? Thanks in advance!

 

Edited December 17, 2014 by pistolouco

[GrantSP]

Welcome. Sorry to here about the bad install.

 

All you will need to do is backup the downloads, mods, profiles folders and posssibly the catergories.dat file (if you made any changes to the Catergories in MO)

 

These folders hold respectively: the archives from Nexus, the "installed mods" and the settings for each MO profile, including Skyrim saves if you enabled that option.

 

Other than that you can install MO again and copy back those folders to have your installation as returned.

One suggestion, when you do reinstall, do so into a folder away from any that Windows has control of such Program Files or Program Files (x86).

 

 

EDIT:

I have added this question to the MO FAQ.

Edited December 17, 2014 by GrantSP

[pistolouco]

Thanks !!! Er...i was editing the post when u replied it  .

[Petrosa]

Hello!  I have three installs of MO running (skyrim, Fallout, FalloutNV) and they have been working fine, all in their own little worlds.   Now however, within the last 10 days I have been unable to get my skyrim-MO to work with Nexus. 

 

All of my mods appear, my profiles are still in place, and when I click the browser button it takes me to Skyrim nexus.  But it does not log me in.  It also fails in Download with Mod Manager button selections. 

 

When I check Nxmhandler.exe it shows that iteration of MO is associated with my Fallout NV install.  But from the same directory running the Modorganizer.exe brings me to my skyrim version. All mods listed properly etc.

 

I have overwritten nxmhandler.exe with the same file from the installing zip folder - Run skyrim (with SKSE loader from within MO) (it runs fine) then quit Skyrim and restarted MO.  No change in Nexus results and nxmhandler.exe still shows falloutNV as the associated game.

 

Run my FalloutNV MO and that works fine.  Checked it's nxmhandler and it also shows that it is pointing at Fallout NV on nexus.

 

Would doing the reinstall of MO as you state below solve the problem?

Welcome. Sorry to here about the bad install.

 

All you will need to do is backup the downloads, mods, profiles folders and posssibly the catergories.dat file (if you made any changes to the Catergories in MO)

 

These folders hold respectively: the archives from Nexus, the "installed mods" and the settings for each MO profile, including Skyrim saves if you enabled that option.

 

Other than that you can install MO again and copy back those folders to have your installation as returned.

One suggestion, when you do reinstall, do so into a folder away from any that Windows has control of such Program Files or Program Files (x86).

 

 

EDIT:

I have added this question to the MO FAQ.

Your help is greatly appreciated.

Petrosa

Edited January 6, 2015 by Petrosa