OK, I wiped everything, formatted x, and started over
Installed steam legendary to X:\Skyrim\steamapps\common\Skyrim
used 7zip to unzip spm 4.3 to X:\Skyrim\steamapps\common\Skyrim
Followed instructions to modify the ini file.
Here I had a little problem, all the x:/ had extra stuff in it, for example:
X:/Skyrim/steamapps/common/Skyrim/x/Skyrim/steamapps/common/Skyrim/MO MODS/FNIS Behavior/tools/GenerateFNIS_for_Users/GenerateFNISforUsers.exe
I scrolled through the ini, and fixed all of these
When I started MO for the first time, it could not find the executable. It asked me to select it. It was in the proper folder, but it only showed folders, no files, and no executables.
MO has nothing in left pane other than legendary mods listed, and nothing in right pane,
https://sli.mg/IqA1p9my ModOrganizer.ini is as follows
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backup_install=false
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Python%20Proxy\tryInit=false
FNIS%20Checker\Rotten=601e31144ec86548f2897914c7c97072
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size=20
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3\toolbar=false
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5\toolbar=false
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6\toolbar=true
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7\custom=true
7\toolbar=true
7\binary=X:/Skyrim/steamapps/common/Skyrim/Mopy/Wrye Bash.exe
7\arguments=
7\workingDirectory=
7\closeOnStart=false
7\steamAppID=
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8\toolbar=true
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12\toolbar=true
12\ownicon=true
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12\arguments=-Xmx1024m -jar \"x:\\skyrim\\SteamLibrary\\steamapps\\common\\Skyrim\\MO MODS\\SUM Program\\SkyProc Patchers\\SUM\\SUM.jar\"
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12\steamAppID=
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13\toolbar=true
13\ownicon=false
13\binary=X:/Skyrim/steamapps/common/Skyrim/Java/bin/javaw.exe
13\arguments=-Xmx1024m -jar \"x:\\skyrim\\SteamLibrary\\steamapps\\common\\Skyrim\\MO MODS\\ASIS Patcher\\SkyProc Patchers\\ASIS\\ASIS.jar\"
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13\steamAppID=
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14\toolbar=false
14\ownicon=false
14\binary=X:/Skyrim/steamapps/common/Skyrim/Java/bin/javaw.exe
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14\steamAppID=
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15\custom=true
15\toolbar=true
15\ownicon=true
15\binary=X:/Skyrim/steamapps/common/Skyrim/Java/bin/javaw.exe
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15\steamAppID=
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16\toolbar=true
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16\closeOnStart=false
16\steamAppID=
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17\toolbar=true
17\ownicon=false
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6\steamAppID=
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18\ownicon=false
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18\workingDirectory=
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18\steamAppID=
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19\workingDirectory=
19\closeOnStart=false
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20\toolbar=true
20\ownicon=true
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20\arguments=
20\workingDirectory=x/skyrim/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/Skyrim
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20\steamAppID=
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1\steamAppID=
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size=4
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2\directory=x/skyrim/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/Skyrim/MO MODS/WTF Patcher/SkyProc Patchers/T3nd0_WTF
3\name=extractBSA
3\directory=H:/Skyrim
4\name=installMod
4\directory=C:/Users/RottenDub/Downloads
[Settings]
hide_unchecked_plugins=false
force_enable_core_files=true
compact_downloads=false
meta_downloads=false
load_mechanism=1
mod_directory=x:\\skyrim\\SteamLibrary\\steamapps\\common\\Skyrim\\MO MODS
style=
log_level=0
nexus_login=false
offline_mode=true
use_proxy=false
display_foreign=true
nmm_version=0.52.3
[Plugins]
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Basic%20diagnosis%20plugin\check_conflict=true
Basic%20diagnosis%20plugin\check_errorlog=true
Basic%20diagnosis%20plugin\check_font=true
Basic%20diagnosis%20plugin\check_missingmasters=true
Basic%20diagnosis%20plugin\check_modorder=true
Basic%20diagnosis%20plugin\check_overwrite=true
FNIS%20Checker\enabled=false
FNIS%20Checker\sensitive=false
Fomod%20Installer\enabled=true
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INI%20Editor\associated=true
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Python%20Proxy\enabled=true
Python%20Proxy\python_dir=
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[CompletedWindowTutorials]
InstallDialog=trueWhat am I doing wrong?
Edit: I was playing around with MO, and under settings, I clicked advanced, and re-selected the MO MODS folder. I now have stuff in the left pane, although it is all unselected, and again, I have the problem of the mods being out of order.
Edit 2: I went back to the original archive and opened it with 7zip. I copied X:\Skyrim Perfectly Modded V4.3.7z\Skyrim\profiles\RottenDub\modlist.txt and plugins.txt to X:\Skyrim\steamapps\common\Skyrim\profiles\RottenDub\ overwriting the ones generated by MO. This fixed the left and right panes, but I still have the original problem now with the saves not recognizing the esp's being loaded.