Game is already running (NO ITS NOT)

[Krieger]

so i just started the game, i downloaded a few mods and then its loading the mod order, then it just keeps doing that. I quit the game using ctrl + alt + delete and now every time i start it, i get the launcher but nothing happens when i click play, it just goes away. I try to start it again but it says the game is already playing, but it doesn't show anything on my taskbar/task manager. Is there a fix?

[Nikki]

What version of Windows?

[Krieger]

windows 10

[Dew]

When you bring up the task manager, there should be a button that says "more details" somewhere in the bottom corner. Click that, and go do a drop down menu that says "background processes". Scroll through that and find Skyrim, then click on it and end task. It may or may not work, but that's what I have to do with various other games to solve this. Good luck

[Nikki]

Click more details at the bottom of the Task Manager to see a complete list of what is running. Skyrim will be in that list so select it and click End Task.

If a mod is causing that uncheck the esp/esm and try again. If that works you probably need to remove that mod.

[Krieger]

Originally posted by Brandon:

When you bring up the task manager, there should be a button that says "more details" somewhere in the bottom corner. Click that, and go do a drop down menu that says "background processes". Scroll through that and find Skyrim, then click on it and end task. It may or may not work, but that's what I have to do with various other games to solve this. Good luck

ok i will try this

[R3sistance]

It's probably the mod issue again. You'll probably have to delete <user>/appdata/local/Skyrim Special Edition or something like that. Kill the task in task manager first and make sure it's not running.

[Nikki]

Originally posted by R3sistance:

It's probably the mod issue again. You'll probably have to delete <user>/appdata/local/Skyrim Special Edition or something like that. Kill the task in task manager first and make sure it's not running.

It works better to use %localappdata%\Skyrim Special Edition. Installs like mine do not place appdata\local in <user>\appdata\local

PS
For me it's at D:\User\Local

[blkmau5]

if you go into your steam folder where steamapps/common is and find skyrim special edition theres a mod manifest folder, and in your data folder is where it set your mods esp and bsa files, if you delete those after you force close your game, it should start working again. you could delete them one by one to see which one is causing issues, or just delete them all and start you list back over, it still remembers which ones youve already downloaded in the menu, so you can just go back and select those again, and go through each one at a time trying to load them up in the game. either way, that is how i got mine working again. apparently even though they have just starting adding mods on this version, they still have issues and looks like the way the game detects that is to be stuck in a loading loop. just make sure not to delete any of skyrims actual files, only your mod name files that you added. easily found by looking at the date and time modified.

[verita]

I have the same problem here, and i just deleted the esp files for the mod gift of akatosh and it work for me.

[Ｊｕｎｏ]

Got the same problem but it was a MOD that I just installed ;

BLACK ROSE UNP ARMOR.

As soon I unchecked this one in the plugins orderr everything worked again.

Hope it helps Dont INSTALL mods from SKYRIM Original version

[Nikki]

Originally posted by Sonomia.:

Hope it helps Dont INSTALL mods from SKYRIM Original version

Some of them work, and some don't.

I'm using all of the texture mods from my LE install, and also SMIM 1.89. I will update SMIM when the Nexus is less overloaded.

[Mimikyu]

Originally posted by aDigitalPhantom:

Originally posted by R3sistance:

It's probably the mod issue again. You'll probably have to delete <user>/appdata/local/Skyrim Special Edition or something like that. Kill the task in task manager first and make sure it's not running.

It works better to use %localappdata%\Skyrim Special Edition. Installs like mine do not place appdata\local in <user>\appdata\local

PS
For me it's at D:\User\Local

This worked for me so you sir deserve a fishy stick!

[R3sistance]

Originally posted by aDigitalPhantom:

Originally posted by R3sistance:

It's probably the mod issue again. You'll probably have to delete <user>/appdata/local/Skyrim Special Edition or something like that. Kill the task in task manager first and make sure it's not running.

It works better to use %localappdata%\Skyrim Special Edition. Installs like mine do not place appdata\local in <user>\appdata\local

PS
For me it's at D:\User\Local

oh dang it, I knew there was an enviromental for local, I always remember it the wrong way around and forgot to try it that way. But yeah, that works faster/better.