Questions and Confusion :)

Hi everyone. I've been playing Morrowind on my new laptop and it plays great, but I've been having trouble installing mods for it. I have Windows 10 and a new version of WinZip, and I was able to install Skyrim and had no trouble installing mods for it, so I'm not sure what the problem is with doing it w/ Morrowind.

I'd love to know if you guys have had problems with this and if you could help me to figure out what I need to do from here?

btw my specs are:


Operating System

Windows 10 Home (x64) Version 1511 (build 10586.71)
Install Language: English (United States)
System Locale: English (United States)
Installed: 12/4/2015 4:43:11 AM
Servicing Branch: Current Branch (CB)
Boot Mode: UEFI with successful Secure Boot


System Model

Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion Notebook Type1ProductConfigId
System Serial Number: 5CD5241PM1
Enclosure Type: Notebook


Processor a

2.40 gigahertz Intel Core i7-5500U
64 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache
4096 kilobyte tertiary memory cache
64-bit ready
Multi-core (2 total)
Hyper-threaded (4 total)


Main Circuit Board b

Board: Hewlett-Packard 8094 89.11
Serial Number: PFFET018J8S2WR
Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
UEFI: Insyde F.03 03/31/2015


Drives

748.15 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
619.76 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

hp DVDRW SU208GB [Optical drive]

HGST HTS541075A9E680 [Hard drive] (750.16 GB) -- drive 0, s/n JD120A1A11YWBK, rev JA2OA710, SMART Status: Healthy


Memory Modules c,d

6068 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory

Slot 'Bottom-Slot 1(left) ' has 4096 MB (serial number 13589712)
Slot 'Bottom-Slot 2(right)' has 2048 MB (serial number 39122116)

Local Drive Volumes



c: (NTFS on drive 0) * 718.39 GB 616.43 GB free
d: (NTFS on drive 0) 29.76 GB 3.32 GB free


* Operating System is installed on c:



Network Drives

None detected


Users (mouse over user name for details)



local user accounts

last logon

Tracy 2/5/2016 4:04:58 PM (admin)

local system accounts

Disabled Administrator 6/10/2015 1:13:38 PM (admin)
Disabled DefaultAccount never
Disabled Guest never
HomeGroupUser$ never

Disabled Marks a disabled account; Locked out Marks a locked account



Printers


Canon MG5600 series Printer on CNBJNP_D8492FBD59BB
Canon MG5600 series Printer on WSD-e372163d-2506-4870-84ed-d82de3635d2a.0032
HP ePrint on LPT1:
Microsoft Print To PDF on PORTPROMPT:
Microsoft Shared Fax Driver on SHRFAX:
Microsoft XPS Document Writer v4 on PORTPROMPT:
Send to Microsoft OneNote 15 Driver on nul:



Controllers

Intel(R) 9 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller


Display

Intel(R) HD Graphics 5500 [Display adapter]
Generic PnP Monitor (17.1"vis)


Bus Adapters

Microsoft Storage Spaces Controller
Intel(R) USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller - 1.0 (Microsoft)


Multimedia

Realtek High Definition Audio


Virus Protection [Back to Top]


McAfee Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware



Group Policies

None detected


Communications



Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Microsoft Kernel Debug Network Adapter
↓ Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter
Status: Not connected to a network
Dhcp Server: none responded
Physical Address: C6:8E:8F:B7:5C:2D
↓ Realtek PCIe FE Family Controller
Status: Cable unplugged
Dhcp Server: none responded
Physical Address: 3C:A8:2A:AB:5E:0E
↑ Realtek RTL8188EE 802.11 bgn Wi-Fi Adapter
primary Auto IP Address: 192.168.1.6 / 24
Gateway: 192.168.1.1
Dhcp Server: 192.168.1.1
Physical Address: C4:8E:8F:B7:5C:2D
Connection Speed: 72 Mbps
Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface

Networking Dns Servers: 40.20.1.12
192.168.1.1



Other Devices

Microphone (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Speaker/HP (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Stereo Mix (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Microsoft AC Adapter
Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery
Intel(R) Dynamic Platform and Thermal Framework Manager
Intel(R) Dynamic Platform and Thermal Framework Processor Participant
System Firmware
HID-compliant wireless radio controls
HP Wireless Button Driver
HP Truevision HD
MG5600 series _BD59BB000000
Standard PS/2 Keyboard
Synaptics SMBus TouchPad [Mouse]
WNDR4000 (Gateway)
Canon MG5600 series Printer
Canon MG5600 series Printer WS
Fax
HP ePrint
Microsoft Print to PDF
Microsoft XPS Document Writer
Root Print Queue
Send To OneNote 2013
MG5600 series _BD59BB000000
Microsoft Device Association Root Enumerator
Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth
Microsoft IPv4 IPv6 Transition Adapter Bus
Microsoft Radio Device Enumeration Bus
ReadyDLNA: WNDR4000
WAN Connection Device
WAN Device
Wi-Fi 2
USB Composite Device
USB Root Hub (xHCI)
Generic volume shadow copy
MG5600 series _BD59BB000000


Thank you so much for your help!
Tracy

You would need to be a bit more specific about what the problem is. Is it the Nexus mod manager you are having problems with? Can't you add mods manually?

Oh sorry. Let's see...okay. When I try to unzip and install a mod with WinZip (Morrowind mods only, using Windows 10) for some reason, they don't appear in my Morrowind Data Files. But, I do the unzipping and installation the way I did with Skyrim, and those mods installed okay.

I thought it might be because I'm not familiar with the new WinZip program, but it worked fine with my Skyrim mods, so I guess I'm not sure why they don't seem to install and appear with Morrowind.

Thanks for your help and if you all need more or other info or details, let me know.

Tracy

Why don't you try using the free 7-zip program? That one always works. Or maybe even the built-in decompression option in Windows 10? Right click and select Extract All and then tell it where to extract? Unless these are something like .rar files... then you'll need 7-zip or WinZip.

Oh thanks, Drac! I'll give one of those a try. I didn't know that there was a decompression option in Windows 10--I'll have to try that if the 7 zip doesn't do the trick. Thank you again!

Tracy

I'd be surprised if Winzip didn't unzip the files properly.
Did you unzip the files into the correct folder? or did you unzip them into the Skyrim folder? Check and make sure where they went.

I have a feeling Jenny is correct.

There has been an option to decompress files since XP.

Thanks Jenny and Drac. I'll check and make sure I didn't put them in my Skyrim folder, and give the decompression a try.

I appreciate all of your help btw!

T4racy