Skyrim randomly closes to desktop [Skyrim] Tutorial: Fixing Crash to Desktop & Improving Performance - 'Stabilizing Skyrim'. In this tutorial, I show you how to fix your Skyrim game from crashing using a simple tool. Skyrim Crash on Startup FIX: Part 1 (Troubleshooting your Load Order). Personally, I put about 18 hours into skyrim before it really started acting up. After that, it would just crash to desktop every 5-30 minutes, and/or I would get this glitch where a great deal of the landscape and enemies would turn a violet colour.
Yesterday, I tried downloading a new blood texture mod for Skyrim, and when I went to load one of my saved games the game began to load (sent me to the screen with the moving mist) but after a few seconds, it crashed to desktop. It has done this with every saved game I have, but there are two interesting things happening: 1) It doesn't cause the initial saved game to crash (the one Skyrim creates as you're about to create your character) and it will let me start new games, and 2) the last save file I created will go to the loading screen with the mist, but no object or lore ever pop up. No other file does that. I'm not sure if it's relevant, but I figured I would mention that little detail, just in case.
I've tried turning off my mods--no effect.
I've tried unsubscribing all my mods, except Dawnguard and the official Texture Pack--no effect
Skyrim Game Keeps Crashing To Desktop Without Error
I've tried verifying the game cache--no effect
I've tried making sure there aren't 2 skyrim.esm files in my Plugins.txt file. There are none, in fact.
I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling.
I've tried deleting SkyrimPrefs.
I've tried just about everything I can think of, save for scrapping my current saves and uninstalling again...which is, of course, undesirable.
Can anyone help?