I don't use any submods because I'm afraid they may introduce extra CTDs and ruin my game (I have some time to waste on my own experiments but not to hunt bugs in other submods ;))
So if I really like some idea, I download a submod, see how it works and make changes myself, thoroughly checking everything.
Seems you should be right. UAC is a feature to give you more protection against malware.My steam is installed on the D drive, guess i'm fine then right?
And what is UAC? :P
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