Cannot find TESV.exe

[Dumpy the Dumpster Cat]

I need it for SKSE (Skyrim Script Extender) but I cannot find it anywhere I look, and I've made sure all exe. types are seeable and not hidden so not sure what's going on here.

[Archetypalist]

Assuming you installed to the default location: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim
Just copy and paste that into the start menu. Ask if you have any more questions about SKSE.

[Dumpy the Dumpster Cat]

I'm sorry, I meant TESV.exe not TES.exe

[Trigger]

open tools

[Archetypalist]

I know what you meant, my directions still stand.

[Incunabulum]

Originally posted by Beligerent:

I'm sorry, I meant TESV.exe not TES.exe

Yeah, your executable is in the main Skyrim directory.

[Nissim]

Originally posted by LightElf:

Assuming you installed to the default location: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim
Just copy and paste that into the start menu. Ask if you have any more questions about SKSE.

Thank you so much :D

[ABCmouse.com]

Originally posted by LightElf:

Assuming you installed to the default location: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim
Just copy and paste that into the start menu. Ask if you have any more questions about SKSE.

oh wow

copy and pasting that allowed me to see my TESV.EXE folder i could not see it in search even when i used the settings THANK YOU GOD

[Dumpy the Dumpster Cat]

Just something I've noticed: A lot of people seem to think that it has to be exactly "TESV.EXE." On a lot of computers, such as mine, games and programs don't have that .exe ending, and so for some it will just simply be "TESV."

[Factualious]

Originally posted by Belligerent:

Just something I've noticed: A lot of people seem to think that it has to be exactly "TESV.EXE." On a lot of computers, such as mine, games and programs don't have that .exe ending, and so for some it will just simply be "TESV."

That is because Windows defaults to hiding the extension of files it knows about - they seem to think it makes things simpler or more friendly for users, but it really just results in unnecessary confusion. I highly recommend that everyone turn off that mis-feature...

To show or hide file name extensions

• Open Folder Options by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, and then clicking Folder Options.
  
• Click the View tab, and then, under Advanced settings, do one of the following:

Show or hide file name extensions - Windows Help
windows.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows/show-hide-file-name-extensions

[Shark Tits]

Originally posted by LightElf:

Assuming you installed to the default location: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim
Just copy and paste that into the start menu. Ask if you have any more questions about SKSE.

I actually love you thank you soooooooooo much!!!

[kickbodkoniantwitch]

none of this works. i am having a hard time trying to find this! not in my steam folders. i installed the game in the programs something did not write it down did not think i would need to do that. i have options to locate everything in folders, and that dont work. i typed in the search bar, that did not work, and i can play the game. help please? windows 10

[Hellrazr]

yeah i still cant find my tesv folder, not in my Skyrim SE folder at all and i dont have another skyrim folder because i didnt install the non-special edition version, is that my issue?

[cheshirm]

right click on the game in your library. pick properties.
then local files tab. then browse local files. that is where YOU installed the game.

[Pjetor Reid From Peter Heid]

i dont have it, iv quite literally searched my entire PC for tesv and it finds nothing...

[cheshirm]

Originally posted by Tandoori Tony:

i dont have it, iv quite literally searched my entire PC for tesv and it finds nothing...

no ownership mouse icon next to your name. steam says you dont own the game.