When this finishes, run the Skyrim Launcher and select the appropriate video resolution and quality settings, and exit the Skyrim Launcher.
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Install Steam and have Steam install Skyrim. This is where Skyrim stores the INI files it created when you first launched the game along with your all your saves.Īssuming you need to restore to a blank disk (or just wiped the disk and reinstalled Windows from scratch): This way you know you haven't forgotten to copy something.įinally, you'll need to backup the Skyrim data stored in C:\Users\ \My Games\Skyrim. The easiest and perhaps safest method is to back up the entire Skyrim folder. You can back up all of the Skyrim folder (usually C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Skyrim) the same way or you can back up only the files you've added to the Skyrim folder (ENBoost, SKSE, etc.) depending on which method you are most comfortable with.
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This copies the entire contents of Mod Organizer to the backup folder and may take a while depending on the number of files in the Downloads folder and the number of mods in the Mods folder.īackup LOOT, TES5Edit, and Wrye Bash the same way. Alt-Tab to the second instance of Windows Explorer, right click, and select Paste. Using Windows Explorer, right click on the Mod Organizer folder, and select Copy. The second instance should be sitting in your backup folder (say D:\Backups or \\ NAS\Backups) and is used to paste the folders from the clipboard.īackup the Mod Organizer directory (and all its subdirectories) to a safe place. The first instance you use to browse around your local drive to find and copy folders to the clipboard. If you are using Windows Explorer, I recommend opening two instances. Also note that you can use Windows Explorer (easy peasy) or a command-line tool like xcopy or robocopy depending on your comfort level.
Note that the backups can be stored on a secondary drive, an external drive, or some other computer on your local network depending on where you need to restore everything. This is the approach I used when when I moved everything to a new computer.