SSEEdit quick auto clean question

[Summoner99]

I have SSEEdit 4.0.2 downloaded. When I run the quick auto clean executable on the update.esm, it runs and the final two messages are Quick clean mode has finished and background loader has finished (or something like that). Then I try to close the program and I get a couple of errors.

Could not rename "D:\Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition\Data\Update.esm" to "D:\Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition\Data\SSEEdit Backups\Update.esm.backup.2019_08_15_10_15_00".

Could not rename "D:\Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition\Data\Update.esm" to "D:\Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition\Data\SSEEdit Backups\Update.esm.backup.2019_08_15_10_20_53".

One or more errors occurred during renaming of saved modules. Please check the files in your data path: "D:\Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition\Data\"

Then the program closes.

I'm fairly confident this is an issue obviously despite the fact it looks like it's trying to save a backup, but I'm not sure what to look for in my data folder.

[alexander_dougherty]

Have you checked the dates for when files were last altered?
just in case it's a file that shouldn't be cleaned getting cleaned.

[smr1957]

Do you have any other instances of xEdit running at the same time, because you will often get that message if you do.

[Summoner99]

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

Have you checked the dates for when files were last altered?
just in case it's a file that shouldn't be cleaned getting cleaned.

Where would I be looking for these dates? In my data folder? If so, all of those dates are yesterday or today, presumably from the work I've been doing. If not, where should I look and what should I be looking for?

Originally posted by smr1957:

Do you have any other instances of xEdit running at the same time, because you will often get that message if you do.

Nope, I only double click on one instance of SSEEdit, so unless it launches a second instance itself, then no, only one instance is running.

[Summoner99]

Probably should include these details
Mod list: https://imgur.com/gallery/DeE4CuT
The ones that are disabled I'd like to include but haven't for testing
Load order: https://imgur.com/gallery/Ys6AaII
This is what LOOT generates

[smr1957]

In your Data folder, there should be a folder named SSEEdit Backups. That is where all xEdit backup files are placed, and the folder should have been created by xEdit.
Also, make sure all file paths are correct, as well.

In addition, have you used this in the past and has it worked?

(Just trying a process of elimination here.)

[Summoner99]

Ok. Well, right now there are two dawnguard.esm.backup files, one from yesterday, and one from today. I don't remember running it yesterday, but I did try that just a second ago and it didn't give me any errors.

I am new to modding, so no, I've never used this tool before

[smr1957]

Well, that's a good sign. At least it is backing up correctly for some things.
You do have to clean the Masters in order, however. Don't know if that is causing the error message, however. Only time I ever encountered that message was when I forgot to close an already running instance of xEdit, hence my question regarding that.

Will need to think some more about this, hopefully someone else will also pop in with some ideas.

[ZarahNeander]

Originally posted by Summoner99:

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Could not rename "D:\Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition\Data\Update.esm" to "D:\Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition\Data\SSEEdit Backups\Update.esm.backup.2019_08_15_10_15_00".

Sounds like a permission problem to me, check the permission on update.esm (on win10 it's properties->security)

Edit: or another task (even MO2 itself) has grabbed a handle on update.esm. This however is not that trivial to find out

[Summoner99]

What are you suggesting I do when you mention another task?

[Summoner99]

Also, once it starts running the filter, I just noticed that it gives a warning. Unused data in: \ [01] Update.esm \ [53] GRUP Top "DOBJ" \ [0] [DOBJ:00000031] \ [1] DNAM - Objects
Don't know how relevant this is, but I'm not seeing any other warnings in the messages tab

[Summoner99]

Wait. I just ran it again, didn't get any errors and now I have two Update.esm.backup in my data\SSEEDit Backups folder in addition to the dawnguard variants. I don't think I did anything to cause any sort of change.

I'm guessing this is a good thing, but do I have to rerun this cleaning process for dawnguard?

[smr1957]

That is a good thing. As far as Dawnguard is concerned, if it is showing up clean in LOOT, you should be good to go. As long as LOOT is showing no messages for Update and Dawnguard, then they are now cleaned and you can proceed to cleaning the Hearthfire.esm and then Dragonborn.esm.