
Then simply double-click the mod in the "Mods" tab of NMM after it has finished downloading your mod. NMM-Installation: First make sure NMM (Nexus Mod Manager) is installed.(Follow this tutorial if you don't know how to download mods) Download a mod you want to install either manually or through NMM.Follow these steps to move your Steam install to a location outside of Program Files.Click OK, then click OK in the Properties window also.(If the Allow box is ticked and greyed out, then you already have Full Control permissions through another folder higher up, such as your Steam folder.) Tick the Allow box next to Full Control.In the box at the top, click on "Users ( /Users)".Click the "Edit." button below the top box.Click 'Properties.' and navigate to the "Security" tab.

In Windows Explorer, go to your 'Steam\SteamApps\common\' folder and right-click your Skyrim folder.Give yourself Full Control permissions on your Skyrim folder.


This tutorial will take you step-by-step through the process of installing mods for Skyrim, and soon you will be gaming like the rest of us! Note that these instructions are based on Windows 7.
