If you do not know how to set up another Steam Game Library Folder outside of Program Files DirectoryĬlick Steam top left corner, then scroll down and click downloads, then at the top you will see Steam Library Folders, click it, then click Add Library Folder, add your Library Folder to another drive, then redownload Skyrim and direct it there, or right click Skyrim in your game library on the left, select properties, then Local Files, then Move install folder and direct it to your new game library folder
When you are modding games you can not have those games installed into the Programs Files directory, when the game is installed here it will be under the control of the Windows User Account and Windows will block any outside programs from making any changes to any program in the Program Files Directory, so when you install a mod or any file that makes changes to the game.exe or any other file in that game, Windows will not allows this, some files might work fine, others will not work at all, it's Modding 101, you don't put your games here. If you have never modded The Witcher 3 before then you want have to do this unless the game is in your programs file directory, if you have modded The Witcher 3 before, after you uninstall the game make sure and all so delete the left over game folder and delete The Witcher 3 folder that is in Documents, you can copy the gamesaves folder to another location as a back up, so you want lose all your saves, then reinstall it and do not place it in your programs files directory, boot the game at least one time after.ĭo Not put the game in the Programs File Directory
When modding a game I always recommend starting with a clean copy of the game, that's never been modded, and I recommend to not put the game into your programs files directory, windows can blocked many modding programs and mods from working, if you do a clean install make sure to boot the game at least one time after the install